CITIZENS UNITED v. GESSLER

Civil Action No 14-cv-002266-RBJ.

69 F.Supp.3d 1148 (2014)

CITIZENS UNITED, a Virginia Non-Stock Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Scott GESSLER, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Colorado; and Suzanne Staiert, in her official capacity as Deputy Secretary of State of the State of Colorado, Defendants, and Colorado Democratic Party, Garold A. Fornander, Lucía Guzmán, and Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

Signed September 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amir Cameron Tayrani , Lucas C. Townsend , Matthew Dempsey McGill , Theodore B. Olson , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Kathryn Anne Teresa Starnella , Leeann Morrill , Matthew David Grove , Colorado Attorney General's Office, Denver, CO, for Defendants.

Edward T. Ramey , Martha Moore Tierney , Heizer Paul, LLP, Denver, CO, for Intervenor-Defendants.


ORDER

The case presented today is rather straightforward. Citizens United argues that its free speech rights are violated when the law requires it to disclose its donors while effectively exempting traditional print media and broadcasters from the same requirement. It contends that Colorado...

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