Colorado Common Cause v. Meyer

QUINN, Chief Justice.

The question in this case is whether for-profit corporations which make contributions, contributions in kind, or expenditures to or on behalf of a state political campaign *154out of their ordinary corporate treasuries are “political committees” within the meaning of Colorado’s Campaign Reform Act of 1974, §§ 1-45-101 to -121, IB C.R.S. (1980 & 1987 Supp.), and are thus required to comply with the filing and reporting requirements of the Act. In Colorado Common Cause v. Meyer, 731 P.2d 744 (Colo.App.1986), the court of appeals held that such corporations are not “political…