Legal Opinion

Fair Political Practices Commission v. Superior Court

California Supreme Court

Decided August 23, 1979No. L.A. 30904PublishedCited by 115 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*37Opinion

CLARK, J.

The Fair Political Practices Commission petitions for writ of mandate to compel respondent court to vacate a judgment enjoining enforcement of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Gov. Code, § 81000 et seq.), an initiative measure.

We have stayed enforcement of the judgment except for paragraph 5, “That intervenor Fair Political Practices Commission . . . [is] permanently enjoined from commencing proceedings as civil prosecutor against any lobbyist based on the single act of advising or making a recommendation to the employer of the lobbyist with regard to the making of a…

2Cases cited36 opinions

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