JONES v. COLEMAN

No. 16-5908.

848 F.3d 744 (2017)

Amber JONES; Deanna Lack, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kent COLEMAN; Henry Fincher; Patricia Heim; Tom Lawless; Norma Lester; Tom Morton, in their official capacities as members of the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael J. Wall , BRANSTETTER, STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Erin F. Merrick , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Michael J. Wall , James G. Stranch, III , Anthony A. Orlandi , BRANSTETTER, STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Janet M. Kleinfelter , Lyndsay F. Sanders , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: BATCHELDER, SUTTON, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This case calls upon us to decide whether the district court properly abstained from exercising its jurisdiction in a case alleging that Tennessee's Campaign Financial Disclosure Act, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 2-10-101 et seq., unconstitutionally burdens the rights of free speech and...

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