MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE v. SWANSON

Civil No. 10-2938 (DWF/JSM).

741 F.Supp.2d 1115 (2010)

MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE, INC.; The Taxpayers League of Minnesota; and Coastal Travel Enterprises, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. Lori SWANSON, Minnesota Attorney General, in her official capacity; Bob Milbert, John Scanlon, Terri Ashmore, Hilda Bettermann, Felicia Boyd, and Greg McCullough, Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board Members, in their official capacities; Raymond Krause, Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings, in his official capacity; Eric Lipman, Assistant Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings, in his official capacity; Manuel Cervantes, Beverly Heydinger, Richard Luis, Steve Mihalchick, Barbara Neilson, and Kathleen Sheehy, Administrative Law Judges of the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings, in their official capacities; and Michael Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, in his official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

September 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Magnuson, Esq. , and Erik G. Kaardal, Esq. , Mohrman & Kaardal, P.A.; and James Bopp, Jr., Esq. , Joseph E. La Rue, Esq. , Kaylan L. Phillips, Esq. , and Richard E. Coleson, Esq. , Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, for Plaintiffs.

Alan I. Gilbert , Solicitor General, John S. Garry and Kristyn M. Anderson , Assistant Attorney General, Minnesota Attorney General's Office, counsel for Defendants. Lori Swanson , Bob Milbert , John Scanlon , Terri Ashmore , Hilda Bettermann , Feli cia Boyd , Greg McCullough , Raymond Krause , Eric Lipman , Manuel Cervantes , Beverly Heydinger , Richard Luis , Steve Mihalchick , Barbara Neilson , and Kathleen Sheehy . Daniel P. Rogan and Beth A. Stack , Assistant Hennepin County Attorneys, Hennepin County Attorney's Office, counsel for Defendant Michael Freeman.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DONOVAN W. FRANK, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled that the government may not prohibit corporations from making independent expenditures for political speech that expressly advocates for or against the election of candidates for political office. Citizens United v. Fed. Election Comm'n, ___ U.S. ___, 130 S.Ct. 876, 882, 175 L...

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