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LONG BEACH AREA CHAMBER v. CITY OF LONG BEACH

Nos. 07-55691, 07-56081, 07-56190.

603 F.3d 684 (2010)

LONG BEACH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, a non-profit California mutual benefit corporation, on behalf of itself and its members; Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce PAC; Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce — Mayoral PAC; Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce — City Counsel PAC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF LONG BEACH, Defendant-Appellant. Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit California mutual benefit corporation, on behalf of itself and its members; Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce PAC; Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce — Mayoral PAC; Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce — City Counsel PAC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. City of Long Beach, Defendant-Appellee. Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit California mutual benefit corporation, on behalf of itself and its members; Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce PAC; Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce — Mayoral PAC; Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce — City Counsel PAC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. City of Long Beach, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 30, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Bell, Jr. and Jimmie E. Johnson of Bell, McAndrews, & Hiltachk, LLP, Sacramento, CA; John C. Eastman of Chapman University Law School, Orange, CA, for the appellees.

Robert E. Shannon and Monte H. Machit of the City Attorney's Office, Long Beach, CA, for the appellant.

Reid Alan Cox and Stephen M. Hoersting of the Center for Competitive Politics, Alexandria, VA, for amicus curiae Center for Competitive Politics.

Richard Doyle, George Rios and Lisa Herrick of the Office of the City Attorney, San Jose, CA, for amicus curiae League of California Cities.

Before ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, DOROTHY W. NELSON and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

"[I]t is our law and our tradition that more speech, not less, is the governing rule" under the First Amendment. Citizens United v. FEC, ___ U.S. ___, 130 S.Ct. 876, 911, ___ L.Ed.2d ___ (2010). "More speech" often means "more money." "This is because virtually every means of communicating ideas in today's mass society requires the expenditure of money."

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