ILLINOIS LIBERTY PAC v. MADIGAN

No. 12 C 5811.

902 F.Supp.2d 1113 (2012)

ILLINOIS LIBERTY PAC, a political action committee registered with the Illinois State Board of Elections, and Edgar Bachrach, Plaintiffs, v. Lisa M. MADIGAN, Attorney General of Illinois, William 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 Elections, Defendants.

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

October 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Horst Huebert , Peter Gregory White , Diane S. Cohen , Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Laura Marie Rawski , Marni M. Malowitz , Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GARY FEINERMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Illinois Liberty PAC brought this official capacity suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Attorney General of Illinois and the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and members of the Illinois State Board of Elections, alleging that certain contribution limits imposed by the Illinois Election Code violate the First Amendment and the Fourteenth...

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