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CANYON FERRY BAPTIST CHURCH, E. HELENA v. UNSWORTH

No. 06-35883.

556 F.3d 1021 (2009)

CANYON FERRY ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH OF EAST HELENA, INC.; Berthold Gotlieb Stumberg, III, "B.G.", Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dennis UNSWORTH, Montana Commissioner of Political Practices, in his official and individual capacity, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 25, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Schowengerdt, Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, AZ, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Anthony Johnstone, Deputy State Attorney General, Office of the Montana Attorney General, Helena, MT, for the defendant-appellee.

Steven W. Fitschen, The National Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Jonathan R. Motl, Reynolds, Motl & Sherwood, Helena, MT; for Amici Curiae.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON, WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., and JOHN T. NOONAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Canby; Concurrence by Judge Noonan.

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Canyon Ferry Road Baptist Church challenges certain provisions of Montana's campaign finance law requiring reporting and disclosure of campaign contributions or expenditures. The Church challenges the statutory provisions both facially and as applied to its activities of de minimis economic effect in support of a 2004 state ballot initiative. Following an adverse administrative...

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