Legal Opinion
Donald Zimmerman v. City of Austin, Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 1, 2018No. 16-51366PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN A.. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge: , ■
Donald Zimmerman, a former Austin City Councilmember, challenges four provisions of Austin’s campaign-finance law: a base limit on contributions to candidates; an aggregate limit on contributions ■ from persons outside of the Austin area; a temporal restriction prohibiting all contributions before the six months leading up to an election; and a disgorgement provision requiring candidates to distribute excess campaign funds remaining at the end of an election. Following a bench trial, the district court upheld the base limit, concluded that Zimmerman…
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