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HOOKER v. THOMPSON

978 S.W.2d 541 (1998)

John Jay HOOKER, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Sen. Fred D. THOMPSON, Defendant/Appellee, and John Jay HOOKER, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Don SUNDQUIST, et al., Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1998.

Permission to Appeal Denied October 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Jay Hooker, pro se.

Joseph A. Woodruff, K. Suzanne Crenshaw, Nashville, Tennessee for Defendant/Appellee Sen. Fred D. Thompson.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Janet M. Kleinfelter, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee for Defendants/Appellees Don Sundquist, et al.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court October 5, 1998.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The plaintiff, a candidate for the United States Senate, filed two actions in the Chancery Court of Davidson County alleging that giving or receiving campaign contributions violates state law. The court dismissed both actions. We agree that the lower courts properly dismissed plaintiff's claims, because the regulation of campaign financing for federal elections...

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