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CITIZENS FOR JOBS & ENERGY v. FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES

Docket No. S.F. 23391.

16 Cal.3d 671 (1976)

547 P.2d 1386

129 Cal. Rptr. 106

CITIZENS FOR JOBS AND ENERGY et al., Petitioners, v. FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 7, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bodle, Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt & Rothschild, Stephen Reinhardt, Joel Klevens, Ball, Hunt, Hart, Brown & Baerwitz, Joseph A. Ball, John R. McDonough, Loren R. Rothschild and Allan E. Tebbetts for Petitioners.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Robert S. Warren and Don Howarth as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Steven L. Mayer, Howard, Prim, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady & Pollak, Daniel H. Lowenstein, Robert M. Stern, Kenneth Finney and Natalie West for Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

This proceeding challenges the constitutionality of Government Code sections 85300-85305, which limit the amount that may be spent to influence the electorate to vote for or against a statewide ballot proposition.

The sections in question are part of the Political Reform Act of 1974. (Gov. Code, tit. 9, § 81000 et seq.) They provide in effect that the supporters and the opponents of a statewide measure...

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