COLORADO RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE, INC. v. COFFMAN

Nos. 05-1519, 05-1538.

498 F.3d 1137 (2007)

COLORADO RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Mike COFFMAN, in his official capacity as Colorado Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Colorado Common Cause and League of Women Voters of Colorado. Amici Curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice G. Knaizer (with Monica Márquez and John W. Suthers, Attorney General for the State of Colorado, on the briefs), Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

James Bopp, Jr. (with Richard E. Coleson on the briefs), Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Martha M. Tierney, Kelly/Haglund/Garnsey + Kahn LLC, Denver, CO, filed a brief on behalf of Amici Curiae.

Before HENRY, ANDERSON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


HENRY, Circuit Judge.

Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution is a citizen-passed campaign finance reform amendment designed to limit the influence of certain types of corporations' general funds on state elections. Colorado Right to Life Committee (CRLC), a non-profit ideological corporation, sought declaratory and injunctive relief against the Colorado Secretary of State, arguing that Article XXVIII contained provisions that interfered with its traditional communications...

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