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STATE EX REL. BRUNING v. GALE

No. S-11-933.

817 N.W.2d 768 (2012)

284 Neb. 257

STATE of Nebraska ex rel. Jon BRUNING, Attorney General of the State of Nebraska, relator, v. John A. GALE, Secretary of State of the State of Nebraska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

August 3, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Bruning , Attorney General, Dale A. Comer , and Lynn A. Melson , Lincoln for relator.

Jeffry D. Patterson and Robert F. Bartle , of Bartle & Geier Law Firm, Lincoln, for respondent.

Andre R. Barry , of Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P., Lincoln, for amici curiae Common Cause Nebraska and League of Women Voters of Nebraska.

HEAVICAN, C.J., CONNOLLY, STEPHAN, and McCORMACK, JJ., and IRWIN, CASSEL, and PIRTLE, Judges.

HEAVICAN, C.J.

I. NATURE OF CASE

In this original action, the court is asked to determine the constitutionality of Nebraska's Campaign Finance Limitation Act (CFLA).1 After the U.S. Supreme Court declared a campaign finance statute in Arizona to be unconstitutional, the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission (Commission) sought an opinion from the Nebraska Attorney General as to the constitutionality of the CFLA. The...

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