ARKANSAS RIGHT TO LIFE STATE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE v. BUTLER

Civil No. 97-5064.

983 F.Supp. 1209 (1997)

ARKANSAS RIGHT TO LIFE STATE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE and Marianne Linane, Plaintiffs, v. Brad BUTLER, in his Official Capacity as State Attorney for Benton County, Troy Burris, in his Official Capacity as Chairman and Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, Rita Looney, in her Official Capacity as Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, Norton Wison, in his Official Capacity as Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, Candi Sue Russell, in her Official Capacity as Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, and Marvin Delph, in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, Defendants. Paul Kelly, Genevieve Stewart, Association of Community Organizations for Reform now Political Action Committee, and Local 100 of the Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO Political Action Committee, Defendants-Intervenors.

United States District Court, W.D. Arkansas, Fayetteville Division.

November 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Nixon, Michael David Holland, Jr., David G. Nixon & Associates, Fayetteville, AR, James Bopp, Jr., Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, for Plaintiff.

Brian G. Brooks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, AR, for Defendants.

Scott Trotter, Trotter Law Firm, Little Rock, AR, Nancy Northup, Kenneth Weine, Burt Neuborne, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Glen Moramarco, New York, NY, for Intervenors.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

H. FRANKLIN WATERS, District Judge.

Currently before this court is plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and defendants' and intervenors' responses thereto. For the reasons set forth below, plaintiffs' motion is granted in part and denied in part. Also before the court is plaintiffs' motion to amend their complaint. Plaintiffs' motion to amend is granted.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs bring this lawsuit challenging...

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