WASHINGTON STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY v. STATE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION

No. 67442-6.

4 P.3d 808 (2000)

141 Wash.2d 245

WASHINGTON STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY, Respondent, v. WASHINGTON STATE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION, Gary Maehara, Chair, and Susan Brady, Rhonda Cahill and Ronald Meyers, Commissioners of the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, in their individual capacities, Melissa Warheit, Executive Director of the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, in her individual capacity, and Christine Gregoire, Attorney General of the State of Washington, in her individual capacity, Appellants. State of Washington ex rel. Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, Appellant, v. Washington State Republican Party, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, Stephen T. Reinmuth, Asst., Olympia, for Appellants.

John J. White, Jr., Kirkland; Appel & Glueck, William John Glueck, Seattle, for Respondent.

Carney, Badley, Smith & Spellman, James Elliot Lobsenz, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union.

Stephen Overstreet, Olympia, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Building Industry Association of Washington.


MADSEN, J.

The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (Commission) appeals a superior court judgment that the Washington State Republican Party (Party) did not violate RCW 42.17.640 when it used exempt funds to purchase a television commercial critical of then candidate Gary Locke prior to the 1996 gubernatorial election. The Commission contends the superior court erred in reading the statute as allowing funds in excess...

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