Washington State Grange
Petitioner
Thomas Fitzgerald Ahearne, Counsel of Record Washington State Grange is a State chapter of a national farm-based fraternal organization founded in 1867 to advocate for the rights of rural citizens. It proposed Initiative 872 and campaigned for its passage. Thomas Fitzgerald Ahearne is a member of the law firm Foster Pepper, where he chairs the litigation and dispute resolution group. He received his law degree from the University of Chicago in 1984. The following is excerpted from the Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 21, 2007. Thereis only one constitutionally significant difference between…
