VOTERS EDUCATION COMMITTEE, a Washington corporation; Bruce Boram, an individual; Valerie Huntsberry, an individual, Appellants,
v.
WASHINGTON STATE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION; Michael Connelly, Jeanette Wood, Francis Martin, Earl Tilly, and Jane Noland, Commissioners of the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission in their individual capacities; Vicki Rippie, Executive Director of the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission; and Christine Gregoire, Attorney General of the State of Washington in her individual capacity, Respondents, and
Deborah Senn, Respondent/Intervenor.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 25, 2006.
Decided September 13, 2007
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John James White Jr., Kevin Blair Hansen, Livengood Fitzgerald Alskog PLLC, Kirkland, WA, David H. Thompson, Charles Cooper, Cooper & Kirk PLLC, Washington, DC, for Appellants.
Linda Anne Dalton, Carol A. Murphy, Jeffrey David Goltz, Atty General's Ofc. Govt & Enforcement, Olympia, WA, for Respondents.
Michael E Withey, Law Offices of Michael Withey, C. Steven Fury, Fury Bailey, Seattle, WA, for Respondent/Intervenor.
Harold Malkin, Yarmuth Wilsdon Calfo PLLC, Seattle, WA, Bobby R. Burchfield, Jason A. Levine, Matthew M. Leland, McDermot Will & Emery LLP, Stephen A. Bokat, Judith K. Richmond, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of United States Chamber of Commerce.
Hugh Davidson Spitzer, Foster Pepper PLLC, Seattle, WA, J. Gerald Hebert, Paul S. Ryan, Eva Howe, Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Campaign Legal Center.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.
FAIRHURST, J.
¶ 1 During the 2004 campaign for Washington State Attorney General, the Voters Education Committee (VEC)1 sponsored television advertisements without registering as a "political committee" or disclosing information about its contributions and expenditures. The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC)2 brought an enforcement action against VEC for failure to register and disclose...
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