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NUTTER v. DOUGHERTY

938 A.2d 401 (2007)

Michael A. NUTTER v. John DOUGHERTY, Dwight Evans, Chaka Fattah, Jonathan Saidel, and City of Philadelphia Appeal of Chaka Fattah. Michael A. Nutter v. John Dougherty, Dwight Evans, Chaka Fattah, Jonathan Saidel, and City of Philadelphia Appeal of Chaka Fattah. Michael A. Nutter v. John Dougherty, Dwight Evans, Chaka Fattah, Jonathan Saidel, and City of Philadelphia Appeal of John Dougherty. Michael A. Nutter v. John Dougherty, Dwight Evans, Chaka Fattah and Jonathan Saidel Appeal of John Dougherty. Michael A. Nutter v. John Dougherty, Dwight Evans, Chaka Fattah and City of Philadelphia Appeal of John Dougherty.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan F. Bloom, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Campaign Legal Center, amicus curiae.

Gregory M. Harvey, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Chaka Fattah, appellant.

Richard Gerson Feder, Lewis Rosman, City of Philadelphia Law Dept., for City of Philadelphia, appellee.

Susan Laura Burke, Burke O'Neil, L.L.C., for Michael A. Nutter, appellee.

George Bochetto, Bochetto & Lentz, P.C., Philadelphia, for John Dougherty, appellee.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN and FITZGERALD, JJ.

OPINION

Justice BAER.

We are called upon to consider whether the General Assembly, in enacting and later amending the Election Code,1 intended to preempt municipalities from legislating their own regulations limiting campaign contributions to candidates for municipal office.2 The General Assembly has enacted modest limitations on the manner in which interested individuals, political action...

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