Legal Opinion
Independence Institute v. Gessler
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided March 29, 2013No. Civil Action No. 10-cv-00609-PAB-MEHPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
PHILIP A. BRIMMER, District Judge.
The Court presided over a trial to the court from May 14 to May 24, 2012. The trial addressed one principal issue — whether the State of Colorado’s limitation on per-signature compensation for petition circulators violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The following constitute the Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Rule 52(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
I. FINDINGS OF FACT
Plaintiffs are petition circulators, nonprofit organizations, and petition entities involved in the initiative and…
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