WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE, INC. v. BARLAND

Nos. 12-2915, 12-3046, 12-3158.

751 F.3d 804 (2014)

WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE, INC., and Wisconsin Right to Life State Political Action Committee, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Thomas BARLAND, in his official capacity as Chair and Member of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bopp, Jr. , Attorney, Bopp Law Firm, Terre Haute, IN, Michael D. Dean , Attorney, Brookfield, WI, Randy Elf , Attorney, Lakewood, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Clayton P. Kawski , Attorney, Christopher J. Blythe , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

This is a sweeping challenge to Wisconsin's campaign-finance law in light of Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310, 130 S.Ct. 876, 175 L.Ed.2d 753 (2010). Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc., and its State Political Action Committee — its "PAC" for state elections — sued to block the enforcement of many state statutes and rules against groups that spend money for political speech independently of...

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