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MICHIGAN STATE AFL-CIO v. SCHUETTE

No. 16-2100.

847 F.3d 800 (2017)

MICHIGAN STATE AFL-CIO; Utility Workers Union of America, Local 223; George Horuczi; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFLCIO, Local 58; Michigan State Utility Workers Council; William D. Chadwick, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William SCHUETTE; Ruth Johnson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 2, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Erik A. Grill , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. Andrew A. Nickelhoff , SACHS WALDMAN, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Erik A. Grill , Denise C. Barton , Adam Fracassi , Joseph Y. Ho , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. Andrew A. Nickelhoff , SACHS WALDMAN, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, John R. Canzano , MCKNIGHT CANZANO SMITH RADTKE & BRAULT P.C., Royal Oak, Michigan, Robert D. Fetter , MILLER COHEN PLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees. Robert L. Avers , DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH, SUTTON, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

The Michigan Campaign Finance Act generally bars corporations and labor unions from contributing to political candidates and organizations. As an exception to this prohibition, it permits corporations and unions to form and contribute to political action committees, which in turn may make political contributions...

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