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WISCONSIN REALTORS ASS'N v. PONTO

No. 02-C-424-C.

229 F.Supp.2d 889 (2002)

WISCONSIN REALTORS ASSOCIATION, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Wisconsin Grocers Association, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (Seventh Claim for Relief), Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, Realtors-Pac, Weac-Pac, WMC Issues Mobilization Council, Inc., all for themselves and their individual members including David L. Mays, Thomas A. Bindl and Tamara Schindler, Plaintiffs, v. Steven V. PONTO, chairperson of the Wisconsin State Elections Board; and each of its members, Daniel D. Blinka, David Halbrooks, Patrick J. Hodan, Brenda Lewison, John P. Savage, John C. Schober, Jeralyn Wendelberger and Kevin J. Kennedy, its executive director; Jack C. Voight, State Treasurer of Wisconsin; and Richard G. Chandler, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, each in his or her official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

November 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brady C. Williamson, La Follette, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison, WI, Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis, Vice President-Policy & Legal Affair, Ass'n of Public Television Station, Washington, DC, Wilbur Hinton, President & CEO: Nat. Ed. Telecomm. Organiz. of State Broadcasting Exec., Columbia, SC, for Plaintiffs.

William J. Mulligan, Davis & Kuelthau, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

CRABB, District Judge.

This is a civil action for injunctive and declaratory relief brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs challenge as unconstitutional several provisions of Wisconsin's new campaign finance law. Presently before the court is defendants' motion to abstain or, alternatively, to stay these proceedings. The parties have also briefed plaintiffs' motion for judgment on the pleadings. However, because the parties...

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