Legal Opinion
Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Elizabeth A. Blosser v. Federal Election Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1997No. 96-2612PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
The Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) appeals the district court’s 1 decision that 11 C.F.R. § 114.10 violates the First Amendment rights of Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (“MCCL”) as construed by this court in Day v. Holahan, 34 F.3d 1356 (8th Cir.1994), ce rt. denied, — U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 936, 130 L.Ed.2d 881 (1995). Concluding that MCCL has standing to challenge the regulation and the dispute is ripe for judicial determination, we affirm.
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