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SEYMOUR v. ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION

(SC 16167)

255 Conn. 78 (2000)

GABRIEL SEYMOUR ET AL. v. ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released December 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Schaefer, with whom, on the brief, was Whitney North Seymour, Jr., for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Eliot D. Prescott, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Carolyn K Querijero, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

Martin B. Margulies and Philip D. Tegeler filed a brief for the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Foundation as amicus curiae.

McDonald, C. J., and Borden, Norcott, Palmer and Sullivan, Js.

Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

This case raises important questions regarding the constitutionality of Connecticut's political advertising disclosure laws and the commission created to enforce them. After an evidentiary hearing, the defendant, the state elections enforcement commission (commission), found that the plaintiffs, Gabriel Seymour and Robert Reid, had violated certain campaign finance laws. The plaintiffs appealed from the decision of the commission...

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