State, Campaign Finance & Public Disclosure Board v. Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

OPINION

WRIGHT, Judge.

Appellant State of Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board (the board) brought a declaratory judgment action against respondent Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (the DFL). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the DFL, concluding that the DFL properly reported that expenditures for certain mailings were multicandi-date expenditures on behalf of three or more candidates. The district court also awarded attorney fees to the DFL under the Minnesota Equal Access to Justice Act, Minn.Stat. §§ 15.471-474 (2000). In these consolidated…