Cranston v. Thomson

This is an appeal by plaintiffs and the two intervenor organizations from an order dismissing the complaints for failure to state a justiciable cause.1 In their complaint plaintiffs sought to declare void and unconstitutional § 22.1-401, W.S.1957, 1973 Cum.Supp., requiring a candidate’s written approval to expenditures on his behalf, and certain subsections of § 22.1-389, W.S.1957, 1974 Interim Supp.,2 concerning the limitation of campaign expenditures and restricting certain practices. There was also a prayer seeking to prohibit enforcement of the mentioned statutes, but this aspect is not…