GREENBERG v. AMAZON.COM, INC.

No. 101858-4.

553 P.3d 626 (2024)

Alvin GREENBERG, Michael Steinberg, Julie Hanson, Christina King, and Ronnell Robertson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. AMAZON.COM, INC., Defendant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed: August 8, 2024.

As Amended: August 16, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, 1301 2nd Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3810, Ben Harrington, Benjamin Siegel, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 300, Berkeley, CA, 94710, for Plaintiffs.

John Goldmark, Maryann Tatiana Almeida, Stephen Michael Rummage, James E. Howard, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 920 5th Ave. Ste. 3300, Seattle, WA, 98104-1610, John D. Freed, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 50 California Street, Suite 2300, San Francisco, CA, 94111, Joseph Rose, Kristin Linsley, Rachel S. Brass, Warren Loegering, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 555 Mission Street, Suite 3000, San Francisco, CA, 94105, Russell B. Balikian, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 1050 Connecticut Avenue Nw., Washington, DC, 20036, for Defendant.

Callie Anne Castillo, Lane Powell PC, 1420 5th Ave. Ste. 4200, Seattle, WA, 98101-2375, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of John B. Kirkwood.

Robert Andrew Battles, Association of Washington Business, 1414 Cherry St. Se., Olympia, WA, 98501-2341, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Association of Washington Business.

Robert Bertelson Mitchell Jr., David R. Fine, K&L Gates LLP, 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900, Seattle, WA, 98104-1158, Tyler S. Badgley, Maria Monaghan, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, 1616 H. Street Nw., Washington, DC, 20062, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Chamber of Commerce of the USA.

Ziyong Li, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, 100 Pine St. Ste. 3100, San Francisco, CA, 94111-5217, Stephanie Sheridan, Meegan Brooks, Michael Meuti, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, 100 Pine Street, Suite 3100, San Francisco, CA, 94111, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Retail Federation.

Benjamin Brysacz, WA Attorney General's Office, 800 5th Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Attorney General of the State of WA.


¶1 The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington asks this court to answer two certified questions about our Consumer Protection Act (CPA), chapter 19.86 RCW.

STANDARD OF REVIEW

¶2 "A federal court may certify a question of local law to the Washington Supreme Court when, in the federal...

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