MONTANA RIGHT TO LIFE ASS'N v. EDDLEMAN

No. 00-35924.

306 F.3d 874 (2002)

MONTANA RIGHT TO LIFE ASSOCIATION; Montana Right to Life Political Action Committee; Julie Daffin, President of Montana Right to Life Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert EDDLEMAN, in his official capacity as County Attorney for Stillwater County, Montana, and as a representative of the class of County Attorneys in the State of Montana, et al., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bopp, Jr., Eric C. Bohnet, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Brian M. Morris, Solicitor, Helena, MT, for the defendant-appellee.

Before ALARCÓN and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and TEILBORG, District Judge.


Opinion by Judge SILVERMAN; Dissent by Judge TEILBORG.

OPINION

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge.

In 1994, Montana voters passed various campaign finance reform measures contained in a ballot proposition known as Initiative 118. At issue in this case are two of the provisions contained in that initiative. The first lowers the maximum dollar amount both political action committees and individuals may contribute to a political candidate; the second limits the...

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