CENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM v. CARMOUCHE

Nos. 04-30877, 05-30212.

449 F.3d 655 (2006)

CENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul J. CARMOUCHE, Robert Roland, John W. Greene, E.L. Guidry, R.L. Hargrove, Jr., Michael J. Kantrow, Henry C. Perrett, Jr., Ascension Delgado Smith, Delores Spikes, Edwin O. Ware, T.O. Perry, Joseph Maselli, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Wesley Kirby (argued), Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, Harry A. Rosenberg, Christopher Kent Ralston, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

R. Gray Sexton (argued), Charles Henry Braud, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DAVIS, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The Center for Individual Freedom (the "Center") challenges, on First Amendment grounds, the dismissal of its complaint questioning the constitutionality of certain provisions of Louisiana's Campaign Finance Disclosure Act ("CFDA"). Reading the statute narrowly to avoid constitutional problems, we affirm.

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The Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit § 501(c)(4) corporation whose stated goal is "to protect and defend...

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