1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 667 F.3d
  5. 667 F.3d 1051 (2012)
 

FARRIS v. SEABROOK

No. 11-35620.

667 F.3d 1051 (2012)

Robin FARRIS; Recall Dale Washam, a Washington political committee; Oldfield & Helsdon, PLLC, a Washington professional limited liability company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dave SEABROOK, Chair; Barry Sehlin, Vice Chair; Jennifer Joly; Jim Clements, in their Official Capacities as Officers and Members of the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission; Doug Ellis, in His Official Capacity as Interim Executive Director of the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 19, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. McKenna , Attorney General; Linda A. Dalton , Senior Assistant Attorney General (argued), Olympia, WA, for appellants.

Jeffrey P. Helsdon , Oldfield & Helsdon, PLLC, Firecrest, WA, William Maurer (argued) and Jeanette Petersen , Institute for Justice, Seattle, WA, Paul Avelar , Tempe, AZ, for appellees.

Theodore J. Angelis and Taki V. Flevaris (argued), K & L Gates, Seattle, WA, for amici curiae Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and Washington Public Campaigns.

Allen Dickerson , Alexandria, VA, for amicus curiae Center for Competitive Politics.

Before: RAYMOND C. FISHER, RICHARD A. PAEZ and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

The district court granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting the State of Washington from enforcing its limitation on contributions to political committees supporting the recall of a state or county official. We conclude that the plaintiffs satisfied their burden under Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 129 S.Ct. 365, 172 L.Ed.2d 249 (2008), to demonstrate...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases