CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Mike MOORE, Attorney General, State of Mississippi; Eric Clark, Secretary of State, State of Mississippi, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 5, 2002.
April 5, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jan Witold Baran (argued), Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Bobby Roy Burchfield, Timothy Joseph Keefer, Covington & Burling, Stephen A. Bokat, Nat. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC, Michael Brunson Wallace, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, Christopher Raymond Green, University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Philosophy, Notre Dame, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Tom Hunt Cole, Jr., Eugene C. Stone, Harold Edward Pizzetta, III (argued), Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.
Todd F. Lang, Phoenix, AZ, Edward B. Foley (argued), The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, OH, for all Amici Curiae parties.
Ken Salazar, Denver, CO, for State of Colorado, Amicus Curiae.
Richard Blunenthal, Hartford, CT, for State of Connecticut, Amicus Curiae.
Robert A. Butterworth, Tallahassee, FL, for State of Florida, Amicus Curiae.
Earl I. Anazi, Honolulu, HI, for State of Hawaii, Amicus Curiae.
Thomas J. Miller, Des Moines, IA, for State of Iowa, Amicus Curiae.
R. Gray Sexton, Baton Rouge, LA, Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Shreveport, LA, for State of Louisiana, Amicus Curiae.
Jeremiah W. Nixon, Jefferson City, MO, for State of Missouri, Amicus Curiae.
Patricia A. Madrid, Santa Fe, NM, for State of New Mexico, Amicus Curiae.
Frankie Sue Del Papa, Carson City, NV, for State of Nevada, Amicus Curiae.
Roy Cooper, Raleigh, NC, for State of North Carolina, Amicus Curiae.
William H. Sorrell, Montpelier, VT, for State of Vermont, Amicus Curiae.
Christine O. Gregoire, Olympia, WA, for State of Washington, Amicus Curiae.
Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Charleston, WV, for State of West Virginia, Amicus Curiae.
Robert Sanchez-Ramos, San Juan, PR, for Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Amicus Curiae.
W.A. Edmondson, Oklahoma City, OK, for State of Oklahoma, Amicus Curiae.
Andrew H. Baida, Sol. Gen., Baltimore, MD, for State of Maryland, Amicus Curiae.
Before JOLLY and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal of a declaratory judgment by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America involves the First Amendment and state regulation of political advertisements aired shortly before the election for members of the Mississippi Supreme Court. During the 2000 election season, the Chamber ran four television commercials describing the background and qualifications of candidates seeking positions on the court. The defendant...
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