Legal Opinion

Utter v. Building Industry Ass'n

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided September 16, 2013No. Nos. 66439-5-I; 66737-8-IPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Spearman, A.C.J.

¶1 Under the Fair Campaign Practices Act (FCPA), chapter 42.17A RCW,1 political committees are subject to certain registration and reporting requirements. An organization is considered a political committee *650“by either (1) expecting to receive or receiving contributions, or (2) expecting to make or making expenditures to further electoral political goals.” Evergreen Freedom Found. v. Wash. Educ. Ass’n, 111 Wn. App. 586, 599, 49 P.3d 894 (2002) (JEFF). These alternative means are the contribution prong and the expenditure prong, respectively. Id. at 598. In 2008, Robert Utter…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Hughes v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. State Ex Rel. Carroll v. JunkerWashington Supreme Court · 1971
  3. State v. ArmendarizWashington Supreme Court · 2007
  4. State v. ArmendarizWashington Supreme Court · 2007
  5. Lybbert v. Grant CountyWashington Supreme Court · 2000

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Utter v. Building Industry Ass'nWashington Supreme Court · 2015
  2. Utter v. Bldg. Indus. Ass'n of Wash.Washington Supreme Court · 2015
  3. Utter v. Building Industry Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2012
  4. Utter v. Building Industry Ass'nWashington Supreme Court · 2015

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