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MICHIGAN STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE v. AUSTIN

No. G85-496CA5.

643 F.Supp. 397 (1986)

MICHIGAN STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, A non-profit Michigan corporation, Plaintiff, v. Richard H. AUSTIN, Michigan Secretary of State, and Frank J. Kelley, Michigan Attorney General, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.

September 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. McLellan, William J. Perrone, Lansing, Mich., Joel M. Boyden, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Richard P. Gartner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for defendants.

Michael Corcoran, Lansing, Mich., for Mich. Citizens Lobby.

Theodore Sachs and Mark Brewer, Detroit, Mich., for Michigan Democratic Party.

OPINION

HILLMAN, Chief Judge.

This lawsuit concerns the constitutionality of section 54(1) of the Michigan Campaign Finance Act, M.C.L. § 169.254(1), under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and Article I of the Michigan Constitution. Plaintiff is the Michigan State Chamber of Commerce. Defendants are Richard H. Austin, the Michigan Secretary of State, and Frank J. Kelley, the Michigan Attorney General.

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