The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
Arthur K. SNYDER et al., Defendants and Appellants.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 24, 2000.
February 24, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Law Offices of Dennis A. Fischer, Dennis A. Fischer, Santa Monica; Geragos & Geragos and Mark J. Geragos, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants.
Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Acting Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, Susan D. Martynec, Pamela C. Hamanaka and Marc J. Nolan, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Tony Miller for League of Women Voters of California, California Common Cause, Californians for Political Reform Foundation, Craig B. Holman and Ruth Holton as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
William W. Larsen, Special Assistant District Attorney (Santa Clara); Grover C. Trask, Lawrence G. Brown and George M. Palmer for California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Mark T. Morodomi for the Fair Political Practices Commission as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
BROWN, J.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 (the Act; Gov.Code, § 81000 et seq.)1 prohibits any person from making a campaign contribution in someone else's name. The question here is whether section 83116.5, by which the Legislature amended the Act in 1984, exempts lobbyists from criminal liability for violation of this prohibition and subjects them solely to administrative sanctions. We find such a restriction would not only conflict...
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