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MISSOURI REPUBLICAN PARTY v. LAMB

Nos. 00-1773, 00-2686.

270 F.3d 567 (2001)

MISSOURI REPUBLICAN PARTY, A Political Party Committee; Pierce for Auditor, A Candidate Committee; Charles A. Pierce; Marc Ellinger; Citizens for Eric Zahnd, A Candidate Committee; Eric Zahnd; Lee R. Keith; Citizens to Elect Mike Reid, A Candidate Committee; Michael J. Reid; and Elaine Tschee Reid, Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Charles G. LAMB, In His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Missouri Ethics Commission; Robert Gardner, In His Official Capacity as Chair of the Missouri Ethics Commission; Patricia Flood, In Her Official Capacity as Vice-Chair of the Missouri Ethics Commission; Richard Adams, Elaine Spielbusch, Donald Gann, and Mike Greenwell, In Their Official Capacity as Members of the Missouri Ethics Commission; and Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, In His Official Capacity as Missouri Attorney General, Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Robert Layton, Jefferson City, MO, argued (Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon and Paul R. Maguffee, on the brief), for appellants/cross-appellees.

D. Bruce LaPierre, St. Louis, MO, argued (W. Bevis Schock, on the brief), for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before BOWMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit to enjoin the enforcement of Mo.Rev.Stat. § 130.032.4 and § 130.032.7, which limit the amount of cash and in-kind contributions that political parties may make to a candidate for public office, and provide penalties for violating the limitations that those statutes set. The plaintiffs (a political party, candidate committees, and candidates for public office) asserted that these statutes violated their...

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