Legal Opinion
Wisconsin Socialist Workers 1976 Campaign Committee v. McCann
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided June 13, 1977No. 76-C-73PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WARREN, District Judge.
The plaintiffs commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for declaratory and injunctive relief alleging that certain provisions of the Wisconsin Campaign Financing Act (the “Act”) deprive them of rights of privacy of association and belief guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. 1 Jurisdiction attaches under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) (1970).
The gravamen of the complaint is that the compelled disclosure of contributors and disbursement recipients of the Wisconsin Socialist Workers 1976 Campaign…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Federal Election Commission v. Hall-Tyner Election Campaign CommitteeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1981
- McManus v. Department of RevenueCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1990
- Wisconsin Socialist Workers 1976 Campaign Committee v. McCannDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1978
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