COLORADO ETHICS WATCH v. CLEAR THE BENCH

No. 10CA2291.

277 P.3d 931 (2012)

2012 COA 42

COLORADO ETHICS WATCH, Complainant-Appellee, v. CLEAR THE BENCH COLORADO, Respondent-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. VII.

March 15, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perkins Coie, LLP, Robert N. Miller , Stephanie E. Dunn , L. Norton Cutler ; Luis Toro, Denver, Colorado, for Complainant-Appellee.

Hale Westfall, LLP, Peter J. Krumholz , Denver, Colorado, for Respondent-Appellant.

John W. Suthers , Attorney General, Maurice G. Knaizer , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Secretary of State.


¶ 1 We are asked in this appeal to determine whether a committee that supports or opposes the retention of a justice or judge constitutes an "issue committee" or a "political committee" for purposes of Colorado campaign finance law. See Colo. Const. art. XXVIII (Campaign and Political Finance Amendment); §§ 1-45-101 to -118, C.R.S. 2011 (Fair Campaign Practices Act). This distinction is significant primarily because political committees are subject to...

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