PERSONAL PAC v. McGUFFAGE

No. 12-CV-1043.

858 F.Supp.2d 963 (2012)

PERSONAL PAC, an Illinois not for profit corporation, Marcena W. Love, Grace Allen Newton, Plaintiffs v. William M. McGUFFAGE, Chairman of the Illinois State Board of Elections; Jesse R. Smart, Vice Chairman of the Illinois State Board of Elections; Harold D. Byers, Member of the Illinois State Board of Elections; Betty J. Coffrin, Member of the Illinois State Board of Elections; Ernest L. Gowen, Member of the Illinois State Board of Elections; Judith C. Rice, Member of the Illinois State Board of Elections; Bryan A. Schneider, Member of the Illinois State Board of Elections; and Charles W. Scholz, Member of the Illinois State Board of Election, all in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juliet Vanessa Berger White , Joshua Karsh , Matthew J. Piers , Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Thomas A. Ioppolo , Deborah Morgan Beltran , Meghan Maine , Illinois Office of the Attorney General, Thomas F. Geselbracht , Pamela Begaj , Stanley J. Adelman , DLA Piper US LLP IL, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MARVIN E. ASPEN, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Personal PAC, a non-for profit, pro-choice political action committee ("PAC"), brought this suit against members of the Illinois State Board of Elections to stop enforcement of portions of the Illinois Election Code, 10 ILCS 5/9-8.5(d) and 10 ILCS 5/9-2(d). As written, § 5/9-8.5(d) limits the amount of money a PAC may accept from an individual or group during...

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