Legal Opinion
Maryland Right to Life State Political Action Committee v. Weathersbee
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided August 20, 1997No. Civ. Y-97-565PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, Senior District Judge.
This civil action challenges a Maryland public ethics law 1 that limits the involvement of certain regulated lobbyists in the affairs of certain political committees as impinging on protected political speech and association in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that the challenged statute is unconstitutional and an injunction prohibiting its enforcement.
I. Facts
Plaintiffs are Maryland Right to Life State Political Action Committee (“MRLSPAC”), a…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by4 opinions
- North Carolina Right to Life, Inc. v. BartlettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
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