CHRISTIAN ACTION NETWORK v. MAINE

Civil No. 09-491-B-H.

679 F.Supp.2d 140 (2010)

CHRISTIAN ACTION NETWORK, Plaintiff v. State of MAINE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

January 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W.T. Carroll, Carroll, Ucker & Hemmer LLC, Worthington, OH, Mathew D. Staver, Liberty Counsel, Maitland, FL, Stephen M. Crampton, Liberty Counsel, Lynchburg, VA, Stephen C. Whiting, The Whiting Law Firm, Portland, ME, for Plaintiff.

Thomas A. Knowlton, Assistant Attorney General, Augusta, ME, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.

Christian Action Network, a Virginia nonprofit tax-exempt organization that wants to raise money in Maine, challenges the Maine Charitable Solicitations Act (the "Act") on First Amendment grounds and asks me to enjoin its enforcement. Christian Action Network argues that Maine's requirement of a state-issued license as a prerequisite to charitable solicitation...

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