VIRGINIA SOC. FOR HUMAN LIFE, INC. v. CALDWELL

No. 97-1292.

152 F.3d 268 (1998)

VIRGINIA SOCIETY FOR HUMAN LIFE, INCORPORATED; Andrea Sexton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Donald S. CALDWELL, Attorney for the Commonwealth of Virginia for the City of Roanoke, in his official capacity and as a representative of the class of Attorneys for the Commonwealth of Virginia; Pamela M. Clark, in her official capacity as Chairman of the Virginia Board of Elections; George M. Hampton, Sr., Dr., in his official capacity as Vice-Chairman of the Virginia Board of Elections; M. Bruce Meadows, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Virginia Board of Elections, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Bopp, Jr., Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, Indiana, for Appellants. Alice Ann Berkebile, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John K. Abegg, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, Indiana, for Appellants. Richard Cullen, Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Before MURNAGHAN and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and HERLONG, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge HERLONG joined.

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a challenge to Virginia's election laws, Va.Code Ann. §§ 24.2-901, -908, -910 & -1014 (Michie 1997). Those laws require certain people or organizations who spend money "for the purpose of influencing the outcome of any election," Va.Code Ann. § 24.2-901 (Michie 1997), to file a statement...

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