Virginia Society for Human Life, Inc. v. Caldwell

Pursuant to our Rule 5:42, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit certified a question of Virginia law to this Court which we accepted by order entered January 16, 1998. The question involves the construction of various provisions of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act (the Act), Code §§ 24.2-900 to -930, and Code § 24.2-1014, a penalty provision applicable to certain activities governed by the Act.

The Act, in pertinent part, requires certain individuals or organizations that give money and services of any amount, and any other thing of value over $100, “for the purpose of…