SCHATZ v. REPUBLICAN STATE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE

No. 11-1437.

669 F.3d 50 (2012)

James M. SCHATZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. REPUBLICAN STATE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE; Republican State Leadership Committee-Maine PAC; Crossroads Media LLC; Patti Heck; Michael Dubke; Scott S. Ward; Ben Cannatti; Arena Communications LLC; Ohman Holdings LLC; Valcarce Holdings LLC; Arena Holdings Inc.; The Grassy Knoll LLC; Richard J. Ohman; Peter J. Valcarce, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry K. Mills , with whom Hale & Hamlin, LLC was on brief, for appellant.

Timothy F. Brown , with whom Arent Fox LLP, Paul W. Chaiken , and Rudman & Winchell were on brief, for appellees Republican State Leadership Committee, Republican State Leadership Committee-Maine PAC, Scott S. Ward, and Ben Cannatti.

Andrew M. Friedman , with whom Patton Boggs LLP, Anne Birgel Cunningham , Alexia Pappas , and Verrill Dana, LLP were on brief, for appellees Crossroads Media LLC, Patti Heck, Michael Dubke, Arena Communications LLC, Valcarce Holdings LLC, Arena Holdings Inc., The Grassy Knoll LLC, Richard J. Ohman, and Peter J. Valcarce.

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


THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

PROLOGUE

Campaigning for public office sometimes has the feel of a contact sport, with candidates, political organizations, and others trading rhetorical jabs and sound-bite attacks in hopes of landing a knockout blow at the polls. It is not for the thin-skinned or the faint-hearted, to use two apropos clichés. See Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy, 401 U.S. 265, 275-76, 91 S.Ct. 621, 28 L.Ed...

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