Legal Opinion
Seymour v. Elections Enforcement Commission
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 19, 2000No. SC 16167PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NORCOTT, J.
This case raises important questions regarding the constitutionality of Connecticut’s political advertising disclosure laws and the commission created to enforce them. After an evidentiary hearing, the defendant, the state elections enforcement commission (commission), found that the plaintiffs, Gabriel Seymour and Robert Reid, had violated certain campaign finance laws. The plaintiffs appealed from the decision of the commission to the trial court. The trial court affirmed the commission’s finding that the plaintiffs had violated the campaign law in question and its order…
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