RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION v. CITY OF SANTA FE

No. 20-2022.

7 F.4th 956 (2021)

RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO; City of Santa Fe Ethics And Campaign Review Board, Defendants-Appellees, and The Brennan Center for Justice; Common Cause; The League of Women Voters of Santa Fe County; New Mexico Ethics Watch; Represent US, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed August 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Sandefur , Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation at the Goldwater Institute, Phoenix, Arizona ( Matthew R. Miller and Jonathan Riches , Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation at the Goldwater Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, and Colin L. Hunter and Jordy L. Stern , Barnett Law Firm, Albuquerque, New Mexico with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Tara Malloy , Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC ( Megan P. McAllen , Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC, and Marcos D. Martinez , Senior Assistant City Attorney, City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellees.

Daniel I. Weiner , The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Washington, DC ( Joanna Zdanys , The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, New York, and Ruth Anne French-Hodson , Sharp Law LLP, Prairie Village, Kansas, with him on the brief), for amici curiae The Brennan Center for Justice, Common Cause, The League of Women Voters of Santa Fe County, New Mexico Ethics Watch, and Represent Us.

Before MATHESON, Circuit Judge, LUCERO, Senior Circuit Judge, and McHUGH, Circuit Judge.


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