CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP COALITION OF TEXAS v. REISMAN

No. 13-50582.

764 F.3d 409 (2014)

CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP COALITION OF TEXAS, doing business as Texas Leadership Coalition; Texas Leadership Coalition-Institute for Public Advocacy; Friends of SAFA Texas; Texas Freedom PAC, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. David A. REISMAN, In his official capacity as Executive Director of the Texas Ethics Commission; Hugh C. Akin, In his official capacity as a member of the Texas Ethics Commission; Tom Harrison, In his official capacity as a member of the Texas Ethics Commission; Jim Clancy, In his official capacity as a member of the Texas Ethics Commission; Paul W. Hobby, In his official capacity as a member of the Texas Ethics Commission; Bob Long, In his official capacity as a member of the Texas Ethics Commission; Paula M. Mendoza, In her official capacity as a member of the Texas Ethics Commission; Tom Ramsay, In his official capacity as a member of the Texas Ethics Commission; Chase Untermeyer, In his official capacity as a member of the Texas Ethics Commission; Susan Reed, In her official capacity as District Attorney for Bexar County, Texas, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 12, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerad Wayne Najvar, Esq. (argued), Najvar Law Firm, Houston, TX, Stephen M. Hoersting , Dayton, OH, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Andrew S. Oldham (argued), Deputy Solicitor General, Evan Scott Greene , Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Angela Veronica Colmenero, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Erika M. Kane , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, Susan A. Bowen , Assistant District Attorney, District Attorney's Office, San Antonio, TX for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BARKSDALE, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:*

To form a "general-purpose committee" — a type of political action committee devoted to promoting a particular point of view — in Texas, a group of persons must appoint a committee treasurer and register with the Texas Election Commission. The nascent general-purpose committee must then collect contributions from ten contributors, and wait sixty days before exceeding $500 in contributions...

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