ARKANSAS RIGHT TO LIFE STATE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE v. BUTLER

Nos. 98-1215, 98-1218.

146 F.3d 558 (1998)

ARKANSAS RIGHT TO LIFE STATE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE and David Sloan, Appellees, 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; Ben Allen, In His Official Capacity as Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission; Jack Kearney, In His Official Capacity as Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission; and Tom Alexander, In His Official Capacity as Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, Appellants/Defendants, Genevieve Stewart; Paul Kelly; Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now Political Action Committee; and Local 100, Service Employees International Union Political Action Committee, Intervenors as Defendants/Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Brooks, Little Rock, AR, argued (Shirley E. Guntharp, on the brief), for Appellants.

Glen J. Moramarco, New York City, argued, for Intervenor-Appellant.

James Bopp, Terre Haute, IN, argued (Robert J. Newmeyer, Dale L. Wilcox, David G. Nixon and Michael D. Holland, on the brief), for Appellees.

Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The Arkansas Right to Life State Political Action Committee brought this suit challenging the constitutionality of various provisions of a campaign finance reform measure approved by popular vote in Arkansas in 1996 and known as Initiated Act I. The district court entered partial summary judgment invalidating one of the provisions of Act I, see Arkansas Right to Life State Political Action Committee v. Butler, ...

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