MICHIGAN STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE v. AUSTIN

Civ. A. No. 83-CV-2263-DT.

577 F.Supp. 651 (1983)

MICHIGAN STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, a Michigan non-profit corporation, individually and for its members; James Barret; Consumers Power Company, a Michigan corporation; The Detroit Edison Company, a Michigan corporation; and Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, a Michigan corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Richard H. AUSTIN, in his capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Michigan, Defendant.

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

December 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Pirich, Kirk D. Messmer, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Lansing, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Michael J. Hodge, Gary P. Gordon, Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

FEIKENS, Chief Judge.

A declaratory judgment complaint seeks to have certain provisions of the Michigan Campaign Financing and Practices Act, Public Act No. 388 of 1976, M.C.L.A. § 169.201 et seq., declared unconstitutional. Jurisdiction is vested pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 2201. Plaintiff has moved for summary judgment, and defendant has moved for dismissal or, in the alternative, change of venue.

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