Legal Opinion
Campaign Integrity Watchdog v. Alliance for a Safe and Independent Woodmen Hills
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 29, 2018No. Supreme Court Case 17SC149PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hood
¶1 Alliance for a Safe and Independent Woodmen Hills bought ads and social-media coverage in an election. Campaign Integrity Watchdog filed a complaint with the Colorado Secretary of State, against Alliance, alleging that Alliance failed to comply with Colorado’s campaign-finance laws requiring political committees to report contributions and expenditures. An Administrative Law Judge, or ALJ, ultimately ordered Alliance to pay fines and register as a political committee. |
¶2 Alliance appealed the campaign-finance decision and defended itself in a related defamation suit, racking,up hundreds…
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