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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.
The U.S. District Court rejected the plaintiffs' attempt to keep their identities secret.
On March 19, 2018, the Supreme Court denied an application by the state to stay the ruling.
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.
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.
The Fifth Circuit panel issued a unanimous opinion on February 1 upholding the city's contribution limits.
The DC Circuit Court issued an opinion in Holmes v. FEC, upholding the structure of FECA's contribution limits.
On Nov. 3, 2017, the Superior Court dismissed the challenge. The result is that the public financing system will stand.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision made by a federal district court. This decision upheld Montana's base contribution limits as constitutional.
This is a court opinion for the Fifth Circuit in Patino et al. v. City of Pasadena. Under the settlement, Pasadena will drop its appeal to the Fifth Circuit and pay $1,097,341 in attorney’s fees and costs. This leaves in place the district court’s injunction requiring Pasadena to use its 8-0 redistricting plan for the remainder of the decade, as well as the district court’s bail-in order placing Pasadena under section 5 preclearance until June 30, 2023.
The Sixth Circuit found that the case did not have standing.
The Supreme Court ordered a stay in Gill v. Whitford.
U.S. Supreme Court affirms North Carolina’s 2011 Congressional maps are an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
Campaign Legal Center v. Federal Election Commission: District Court Rejects FEC's Motion to Dismiss
CLC filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the FEC failed to act on five complaints calling for them to investigate donors who broke disclosure laws. The court rejected the FEC's motion to dismiss.
CLC filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the FEC failed to act on five complaints calling for them to investigate donors who broke disclosure laws. The court rejected the FEC's motion to dismiss.