COLORADO REPUBLICAN PARTY v. WILLIAMS

Court of Appeals No. 14CA1945.

370 P.3d 650 (2016)

2016 COA 26

COLORADO REPUBLICAN PARTY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wayne W. WILLIAMS, in his official capacity as Colorado Secretary of State, Defendant, and Colorado Ethics Watch, Intervenor-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Announced February 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Christopher O. Murray , Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Luis Toro , Margaret Perl , Denver, Colorado, for Intervenor-Appellant.

Lewis, Bess, Williams & Weese P.C., Steven K. Imig , Teresa M. Abel , Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae The Campaign Legal Center.


Opinion by JUDGE GRAHAM

¶ 1 "The First Amendment `"has its fullest and most urgent application" to speech uttered during a campaign for political office.'" Citizens United v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 558 U.S. 310, 339, 130 S.Ct. 876, 175 L.Ed.2d 753 (2010) (citation omitted).

¶ 2 We are asked in this appeal to determine whether an independent expenditure...

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