WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE, INC. v. PARADISE

No. 97-3668.

138 F.3d 1183 (1998)

WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gregory J. PARADISE, Chairman of the Wisconsin State Election Board, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied April 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bopp, Jr. (argued), Glenn Willard, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Alan Lee (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied April 16, 1998.*

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc., is a nonprofit anti-abortion organization that enjoys tax-exempt status under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(4). Tax exemption (and the associated deducibility of contributions) is incompatible with partisan political activity; to conduct express advocacy in elections WRTL has formed a political action committee...

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