MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED v. KELLEY

No. 03-4077.

427 F.3d 1106 (2005)

MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE, INC.; David Racer; and the Committee for State Pro-Life Candidates, Appellants, v. Doug KELLEY, Clyde Miller, Sidney Pauly, Wil Fluegel, Terri Ashmore, and Robert Milbert, in their capacities as Chair and members of the Campaign Finance and Disclosure Board; and Amy Klobuchar, in her official capacity as County Attorney for Hennepin County, Minnesota, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 4, 2005.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bopp, Jr., argued, Terre Haute, Indiana (Jeffrey Gallant, on the brief), for appellant.

Kristinen L. Eiden, argued, St. Paul, Minnesota (Mike Hatch, Jennifer A. Service, and Mark B. Levinger, on the brief), for appellee.

Before COLLOTON, LAY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


BENTON, Circuit Judge.

Two pro-life organizations and an unsuccessful candidate for state senate challenge the constitutionality of several Minnesota campaign finance laws. As relevant here, Minnesota requires registration with the Campaign Finance and Disclosure Board by all organizations that accept or spend money "to influence," or whose major purpose is "to influence," the nomination or election of a specific candidate. Minn.Stat. § 10A.01, subds. 27 and...

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