Legal Opinion
Coloradans for a Better Future v. Campaign Integrity Watchdog
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 29, 2018No. Supreme Court Case 16SC637PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hood
¶1 Colorado’s campaign-finance laws require political organizations like Coloradans for a Better Future to report contributions. Jonathan Anderson, a lawyer, filed a termination report for Better Future without requiring payment for his legal work, and Better Future didn’t report his service as a contribution. Campaign Integrity Watchdog complained to Colorado’s Secretary of State that Better Future should have done so. An Administrative Law Judge, or ALJ, dismissed Watchdog’s complaint on the merits.
¶2 The court of appeals reversed in part, holding that Anderson’s service counted as a…
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