Legal Opinion
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. City of Berkeley
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 15, 1976No. Civ. 37475PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROUSE, J.
This action involves a constitutional attack by plaintiff, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (hereinafter “PG&E”) upon section 605 of the Berkeley Election Reform Act of 1974. That section prohibits any “proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, business trust, company, corporation, or labor union” from making a contribution to “any candidate or committee.” Elsewhere in the act, the word “committee” is defined as “any person or combination of persons 1 that directly or indirectly receives contributions or makes expenditures or contributions for the purpose of…
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