YAMADA v. SNIPES

Nos. 12-15913, 12-17845.

786 F.3d 1182 (2015)

Jimmy YAMADA; Russell Stewart, Plaintiffs, and A-1 A-Lectrician, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William SNIPES, in his official capacity as chair and member of the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission, Tina Pedro Gomes, in her official capacity as vice chair and member of the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission; and Eldon Ching, Gregory Shoda and Adrienne Yoshihara, in their official capacities as members of the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission, Defendants-Appellees. Jimmy Yamada; Russell Stewart, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and A-1 A-Lectrician, Inc., Plaintiff, v. William Snipes, in his official capacity as chair and member of the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission; Tina Pedro Gomes, in her official capacity as vice chair and member of the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission; and Eldon Ching, Gregory Shoda and Adrienne Yoshihara, in their official capacities as members of the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 20, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy Elf (argued) & James Bopp, Jr. , James Madison Center for Free Speech, Terre Haute, IN; James Hochberg , Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Justin L. McAdam (argued), Jeffrey P. Gallant & James Bopp, Jr. , The Bopp Law Firm, P.C., Terre Haute, IN; James Hochberg , Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiffs.

Deirdre Marie-Iha (argued), Deputy Solicitor General, Robyn B. Chun , Deputy Assistant Attorney General & David M. Louie , Attorney General, Department of the Attorney General, Honolulu, HI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Paul S. Ryan , J. Gerald Hebert , Tara Malloy & Megan McAllen, Washington D.C., for Amicus Curiae The Campaign Legal Center.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, RAYMOND C. FISHER and PAUL J. WATFORD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This appeal concerns the constitutionality of four provisions of Hawaii's campaign finance laws under Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310, 130 S.Ct. 876, 175 L.Ed.2d 753 (2010), and related authority. A-1 A-Lectrician, Inc. (A-1), a for-profit...

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