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INTERNAL PROTOTYPE — NOT LEGAL ADVICE — DO NOT SEND

State v. Schwab, 693 P.2d 108 (1985)

Citation
State v. Schwab, 693 P.2d 108 (1985)
Parent Document
State v. Schwab, 693 P.2d 108 (1985)
Jurisdiction
Washington (state)
Effective Date
1985-01-11

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We cannot presume that the Legislature when attempting to control unfair and deceptive practices in the conduct of trade or commerce intended to be strictly bound by common-law formalisms. Rather the more natural inference is that the Legislature intended the Consumer Protection Law to be given a pragmatic reading — a reading consistent with modern day economic reality. That pragmatic reading dictates that purchasers of rental housing be treated as consumers and, therefore, within the class of persons sought to be protected by the Consumer Protection Law.