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STATE v. ALASKA CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

No. S-8778.

978 P.2d 597 (1999)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. ALASKA CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Jones and Jan Hart DeYoung, Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellant.

Jonathan B. Rubini, Foster, Pepper, Rubini & Reeves, L.L.C., Anchorage, and Suzanne S. La Pierre, Anchorage, for Appellee.

Kyle W. Parker, Patton, Boggs, L.L.P., Anchorage, and Benjamin L. Ginsberg, John C. Martin, and Donald F. McGahn II, Patton, Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Alaska State Chamber of Commerce.

Before: MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, COMPTON, EASTAUGH, FABE, and BRYNER, Justices.

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Alaska legislature reformed Alaska's campaign financing statutes in 1996 by enacting Chapter 48 SLA 1996 (the Act), also known as Senate Bill (SB) 191.1 The Alaska Civil Liberties Union (AkCLU) sued the State of Alaska, seeking a judgment declaring that parts of the Act violated rights of free speech and association by restricting campaign contributions and...

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