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Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta: United States Supreme Court - Decision

Decision
Date
July 1, 2021
Case
Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta

Illinois Opportunity v. Bullock: United States District Court for the District of Montana Helena Division - Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment

Decision
Date
May 29, 2020
Case
Illinois Opportunity v. Bullock

Washington Post v. McManus – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: Opinion Affirming the District Court’s Preliminary Injunction Decision

Decision
Date
December 6, 2019
Case
Washington Post v. McManus

On December 6, 2019, the Court of Appeals issued an opinion affirming the decision below, which granted in part the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction.

Daunt v. Benson: Denial of Preliminary Injunction

Decision
Date
November 25, 2019
Case
Daunt v. Benson

On November 25, 2019, the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan Southern Division issued an order denying a preliminary injunction. 

California Court of Appeal Decision in Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. Newsom

Decision
Date
August 26, 2019
Case
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass’n v. Brown

On August 26, 2019, a California appeals court in Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. Newsom affirmed a decision striking down a state law that would have enabled public financing programs at the state and local level in California. The legislature enacted the law in 2016 in an effort to rein in political corruption and broaden electoral participation.

Daunt v. Benson: Order Granting Motion to Intervene

Decision
Date
August 28, 2019
Case
Daunt v. Benson

Voters Not Politicians' motion to intervene was granted in the Daunt v. Benson case by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

Elster v. City of Seattle: Supreme Court of the State of Washington: Opinion

Decision
Date
July 11, 2019
Case
Elster v. City of Seattle

On July 11, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington affirmed a lower court decision upholding Seattle’s innovative democracy voucher public financing program. Plaintiffs challenged the public funding program as an unconstitutional use of tax dollars. The State Supreme Court rejected this argument holding that the program does not restrict plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights.

Department of Commerce et al. v. New York - Decision

Decision
Date
June 27, 2019
Case
Promoting a Fair Census for All, Regardless of Citizenship Status

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a January 15 opinion by U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman finding that Secretary Ross lied about his reasons for adding the citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina: U.S. Supreme Court - Decision

Decision
Date
June 27, 2019
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Lamone v. Benisek

On Thursday, June 27, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided 5-4 that partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts.

Schickel v. Dilger: U.S Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit - Decision

Decision
Date
May 30, 2019
Case
Schickel v. Dilger

On May 30, 2019, a unanimous 6th Circuit panel upheld all challenged provisions of Kentucky’s ethics and campaign finance laws. The appellate court found that the provisions barring state legislators from receiving gifts and campaign contributions from state lobbyists were constitutional, and that plaintiffs—one sitting state senator and one legislative candidate—lacked standing to challenge the corresponding restrictions on lobbyists themselves.

LNC v. FEC opinion (D.C. Cir.)

Decision
Date
May 21, 2019
Case
Libertarian National Committee v. FEC

On May 21, 2019, the en banc D.C. Circuit rejected all three of the Libertarian Party’s constitutional challenges to the federal contribution limits, finding that the First Amendment does not require “as applied” exceptions from facially valid contribution limits for supposedly non-corruptive bequests, and upholding the higher special-purpose “cromnibus” limits as a valid “tweak in Congress’s decades-long project to fine-tune” our campaign finance laws. The decision reaffirms that contribution limits are permissible preventative anti-corruption measures and that courts should defer to Congress’s empirical judgments about where precisely to set the dollar amounts of such limits.

Gil Ramirez Group v. Houston Independent School District: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals - Opinion

Decision
Date
March 15, 2019
Case
Gil Ramirez Group v. Houston Independent School District

Today the 5th Circuit affirmed the multi-million dollar verdict in the corruption case in Houston that CLC tried with Texas attorney Chad Dunn in 2016.

CLC v. GSA: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia - Settlement Agreement and Release

Decision
Date
February 28, 2019
Case
CLC v. GSA

On February 28, 2019, the United States General Services Administration (GSA) settled with the Campaign Legal Center (CLC). CLC sued the GSA over its refusal to release travel information in response to CLC's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. GSA agreed to pay CLC $33,000 in attorney fees.

Citizens Protecting Michigan's Constitution v. Secretary of State: Michigan Supreme Court - Opinion

Decision
Date
July 31, 2018
Case
Citizens Protecting Michigan's Constitution v. Secretary of State

On July 31, 2018, the Michigan State Supreme Court issued its opinion in the Michigan redistricting ballot initiative case. The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's decision, allowing the redistricting measure to be voted on by Michigan's citizens in November, 2018.

Deon v. Barasch: District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania - Order

Decision
Date
September 19, 2018
Case
Deon v. Barasch

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania entered an order in the Pennsylvania gaming industry campaign contribution restriction case. The court is striking down a Pennsylvania law that bars casino owners and others with a stake in the gambling industry from donating to political campaigns in the state.

Elster v. City of Seattle: Washington State Supreme Court - Order

Decision
Date
December 17, 2018
Case
Elster v. City of Seattle

The Supreme Court of the State of Washington entered an order in Seattle's public financing system case after finding that the case warrants direct review under the cited statute.

U.S. Supreme Court - Order List for January 4, 2019

Decision
Date
January 4, 2019
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Lamone v. Benisek

On Friday, January 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it was taking two partisan gerrymandering challenges, out of North Carolina and Maryland. Oral arguments were scheduled for March 2019.

Washington Post v. McManus - U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland: - Decision Granting in Part the PI Request

Decision
Date
January 4, 2019
Case
Washington Post v. McManus

On January 4th the Court issued an opinion and order granting in part and denying in part the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction.

Baber v. Dunlap: U.S. District Court for the District of Maine - Decision Denying the PI Request

Decision
Date
December 13, 2018
Case
Baber v. Dunlap (Maine RCV)

The district court in Maine denied plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the results of the election conducted using Ranked Choice Voting. 

Thompson v. Hebdon: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - Opinion

Decision
Date
November 27, 2018
Case
Thompson v. Hebdon

Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a split decision in this case. The district court had previously upheld all four provisions. In this decision, the judges upheld all but one of those provisions. 

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