CITIZENS UNITED v. SCHNEIDERMAN

Docket No. 16-3310 August Term, 2017.

882 F.3d 374 (2018)

CITIZENS UNITED and Citizens United Foundation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Eric T. SCHNEIDERMAN, in his official capacity as New York Attorney General, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 15, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MICHAEL BOOS , Citizens United & Citizens United Foundation, Fairfax, VA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Citizens United & Citizens United Foundation.

Donald F. McGahn , James Burnham , Andrew Bentz , Jones Day, Washington, DC (on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants Citizens United & Citizens United Foundation.

BARBARA D. UNDERWOOD , Solicitor General of New York ( Steven C. Wu , Deputy Solicitor General, Matthew W. Grieco , Assistant Solicitor General, on the brief), New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellee Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York.

Derek L. Shaffer , William A. Burck , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants Citizens United & Citizens United Foundation.

William J. Olson , Herbert W. Titus , John S. Miles , Jeremiah L. Morgan , Robert J. Olson , William J. Olson, P.C., Vienna, VA, Joseph W. Miller , U.S. Justice Foundation, Ramona, CA, and Mark J. Fitzgibbons , Manassas, VA, for amici curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants Citizens United & Citizens United Foundation.

Paul M. Smith , The Campaign Legal Center, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae in support of Defendant-Appellee Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York.

Before: NEWMAN, LEVAL, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs-Appellants Citizens United and Citizens United Foundation ("Appellants") sue Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for the regulations promulgated by his office that require non-profit organizations to disclose their donors on a yearly basis. Appellants primary claim is that these regulations violate the First Amendment...

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