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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Illinois Liberty PAC v. Lisa Madigan: Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Opinion

Decision
Date
September 13, 2018
Case
Illinois Liberty PAC v. Madigan

Yesterday, a Seventh Circuit panel of judges unanimously affirmed the constitutionality of various Illinois contribution limits. CLC filed an amicus brief in this case earlier this year.

Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Xavier Becerra: Opinion

Decision
Date
September 11, 2018
Case
Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta

Today, an opinion was filed in the Americans for Prosperity v. Xavier Becerra case. This case focuses on 501(c)(3) organizations disclosing their donors in accordance with the law. Campaign Legal Center filed an Amicus Curiae in this case.

Campaign Legal Center v. Federal Election Commission: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia- District Court Decision

Decision
Date
June 7, 2018
Case
CLC v. FEC (Straw Donors)

District Court decision

Montanans for Community Development v. Mangan: 9th Circuit's Decision (May 22, 2018)

Decision
Date
May 22, 2018
Case
Montanans for Community Development v. Mangan

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld Montana's campaign finance laws, rejecting the Montanans for Community Development's claim that the laws were too broad and vague. 

Lair v. Motl: Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals: Order on Request for Rehearing

Decision
Date
May 2, 2018
Case
Lair v. Motl

In Lair v. Motl, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals released an order denying the plaintiffs' request for an en banc rehearing of the case, which is a long-running challenge to Montana's campaign contribution limits.

Zimmerman v. City of Austin: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - En Banc Denial

Decision
Date
April 18, 2018
Case
Zimmerman v. City of Austin

The Fifth Circuit has denied the petition for en banc review in Zimmerman v. Austin, a case in which the city's campaign contribution limits are being challenged.

Doe v. FEC - Opinion by U.S. District Court

Decision
Date
March 26, 2018
Case
Doe v. FEC

The U.S. District Court rejected the plaintiffs' attempt to keep their identities secret.

Citizens United v. Schneiderman: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - Decision

Decision
Date
February 15, 2018
Case
Citizens United v. Schneiderman

On February 15, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld that charitable organizations' first amendment rights are not violated by being required to disclose donor information and reversed the Court's ruling that the claim was not ripe.

Lair v. Motl: Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals: 10/23/2017 Court Opinion Reversing District Court's Judgment

Decision
Date
October 23, 2017
Case
Lair v. Motl

On October 23, 2017, the Court issued an opinion that reversed the District Court's judgment and found that Montana's campaign contribution limits were within the realm of legislative judgments.

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