RESPECT MAINE PAC v. McKEE

No. 10-2119.

622 F.3d 13 (2010)

RESPECT MAINE PAC; Harold A. Clough; Rep. Andre E. Cushing, III, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Walter F. McKEE; Andre G. Duchette, in his official capacity as a member of the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices; Margaret E. Matheson, in her official capacity as a member of the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices; Edward M. Youngblood, in his official capacity as a member of the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices; Mark Lawrence, in his official capacity as District Attorney of the State of Maine; Stephanie Anderson, in her official capacity as District Attorney of the State of Maine; Norman Croteau, in his official capacity as District Attorney of the State of Maine; Evert Fowle, in his official capacity as District Attorney of the State of Maine; R. Christopher Almy, in his official capacity as District Attorney of the State of Maine; Geoffrey Rushlau, in his official capacity as District Attorney of the State of Maine; Michael E. Povich, in his capacity as District Attorney of the State of Maine; Neal T. Adams, in his official capacity as District Attorney of the State of Maine; Attorney General, Maine, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bopp, Jr., Esq. , Josiah Neeley, Esq. , Anita Y. Woudenberg , Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, David P. Crocker , Portland, ME, for Plaintiffs, Appellants.

Phyllis Gardiner, Esq. , Thomas A. Knowlton , Maine Attorney General's Office, Augusta, ME, for Defendants, Appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


ORDER DENYING EMERGENCY MOTION FOR INJUNCTION PENDING APPEAL

Appellants brought suit on August 5, 2010 asserting facial and as applied challenges to the constitutionality of provisions of Maine's elections laws that set independent expenditure reporting requirements, 21-A M.R.S. § 1019-B, limit contributions to candidates for governor to $750 per election, 21-A M.R.S. § 1015(1), and provide, under some conditions, matching public funds for participating...

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