ZIMMERMAN v. CITY OF AUSTIN

No. 16-51366.

881 F.3d 378 (2018)

Donald ZIMMERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. CITY OF AUSTIN, Texas, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed February 1, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerad Wayne Najvar, Esq. , Andrew Scott Patchan , Najvar Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

Renea Hicks , Law Office of Renea Hicks, Anne L. Morgan , Meghan Lee Riley , City of Austin, Law Department, Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Mark P. Gaber , Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Campaign Legal Center, Demos.

Before: SMITH, BARKSDALE, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


Donald Zimmerman, a former Austin City Councilmember, challenges four provisions of Austin's campaign-finance law: a base limit on contributions to candidates; an aggregate limit on contributions from persons outside of the Austin area; a temporal restriction prohibiting all contributions before the six months...

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