Legal Opinion
Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Inc. v. Swanson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 16, 2011No. 10-3126PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Inc., The Taxpayers League of Minnesota, and Coastal Travel Enterprises, LLC, (collectively “Minnesota Citizens”) are Minnesota corporations challenging several provisions of Minnesota’s corporate election laws. Specifically, Minnesota Citizens seeks to invalidate (1) Minnesota’s ban on *308corporations making direct contributions to candidates and political parties and (2) Minnesota’s regulation of how corporations may make independent expenditures, as defined in the next section. Minnesota Citizens brings this challenge in response to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by18 opinions
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