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RUSSELL v. BURRIS

No. LR-C-97-0089.

978 F.Supp. 1211 (1997)

Ron RUSSELL, Kent Ingram, William R. Austin, and Associated Industries of Arkansas Political Action Committee, Plaintiffs, v. Troy BURRIS, in his official capacity as chairperson of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, and Candi Sue Russell, Marvin Delph, Rita Looney, and Norton Wilson, in their official capacities as members of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, Defendants, and Citizens for Clean Government, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas.

October 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Smith, III, Smith, Jernigan & Smith, Little Rock, AR, for plaintiffs.

Shirley E. Guntharp, Arkansas Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for defendants.

Scott C. Trotter, Trotter Law Firm, P.A., Little Rock, AR, Nancy Northup, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Burt Neuborne, Kenneth N. Weine, New York City, for intervenor-defendant.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

WILSON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that Arkansas Initiated Act I of 1996 (Act I) violates their First Amendment rights to freedom of political speech and association,1 and their Fourteenth Amendment right of equal protection of the laws. They seek to enjoin the enforcement of both Act I and Arkansas Code 7-6-201(9)(B), a law that predated Act I. The plaintiffs' motion...

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