NOM v. COMM. ON GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS

Docket No. Ken-12-363.

66 A.3d 579 (2013)

2013 ME 53

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE et al. v. COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS AND ELECTION PRACTICES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: May 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Whiting, Esq. , The Whiting Law Firm, Portland, and Kaylan L. Phillips, Esq. , (orally), ActRight Legal Foundation, Plainfield, IN, on the briefs, for appellants The National Organization for Marriage, Stand for Marriage Maine PAC, and Brian Brown.

William J. Schneider , Attorney General, and Phyllis Gardiner , (orally), and Thomas A. Knowlton , Asst. Attys. Gen., on the briefs, for appellee Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.


SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), Stand for Marriage Maine PAC (SMM), and Brian Brown appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Murphy, J.) affirming the decision of the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices refusing to vacate or modify its subpoenas demanding information from NOM and Brown, including the names of donors to NOM. The appellants contend that the Commission's subpoenas...

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