ILLINOIS LIBERTY PAC v. MADIGAN

No. 16-3585.

904 F.3d 463 (2018)

ILLINOIS LIBERTY PAC, Political Action Committee registered with the Illinois State Board of Elections, Edgar Bachrach, and Kyle McCarter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lisa MADIGAN, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob H. Huebert , Goldwater Institute, Director, Center for Constitutional Government, Phoenix, AZ, Jeffrey M. Schwab , Attorney, Liberty Justice Center, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Mary Ellen Welsh , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Paul March Smith , Attorney, Noah B. Lindell , Tara Malloy , Michael P. McAllen , Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC, Ryan Z. Cortazar , Ami D. Gandhi , Attorney, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae.

Before Ripple, Sykes, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Illinois Liberty PAC, Edgar Bachrach, and Kyle McCarter (collectively, "Liberty PAC") sued Illinois officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that certain campaign contribution limits set by the Illinois Disclosure and Regulation of Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Act ("the Act"), 10 ILL. COMP. STAT. 5/9-1 et...

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