SCHATZ v. REPUBLICAN STATE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE

Civil No. 10-528-B-H.

777 F.Supp.2d 181 (2011)

James M. SCHATZ, Plaintiff v. REPUBLICAN STATE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

April 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry K. Mills , Sally N. Mills , Hale & Hamlin, Ellsworth, ME, for Plaintiff.

Paul W. Chaiken , Rudman & Winchell, Bangor, ME, Timothy F. Brown , Arent Fox LLP, Washington, DC, Alexia Pappas , Anne Birgel Cunningham , Verrill Dana LLP, Portland, ME, Andrew M. Friedman , Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.

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