KENTUCKY RIGHT TO LIFE, INC. v. TERRY

No. 95-6581.

108 F.3d 637 (1997)

KENTUCKY RIGHT TO LIFE, INC.; Kentucky Right to Life Political Action Committee (KRLPAC); Robert Zoeller; Lora Robertson, Treasurer of Kentucky Right to Life Political Action Committee, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Joseph TERRY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bopp, Jr. (argued), John K. Abegg (briefed), Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, Terry E. Fox, Nutt & Mayer, Louisville, KY, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Sheryl G. Snyder (argued and briefed), Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, KY, Morgan G. Ransdell, Office of Attorney General, Civil Division, Frankfort, KY, Jacquelyn P. Eckert (briefed), Louisville, KY, Henry L. Walker, II, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Covington, KY, for defendants-appellees.

Before: CONTIE, SUHRHEINRICH, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Numerous Kentucky public officials have been convicted of abusing their political offices for personal gain over the past twenty-five years. To address this serious problem, the Kentucky General Assembly passed the Campaign Finance Law in 1974. See Ky. Rev.Stat.Ann. §§ 121.015-121.990 and Ky. Rev.Stat.Ann. §§ 121A.005-121A.990 (Banks-Baldwin 1995) (the "Act").1 The Act regulates political...

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