Legal Opinion
Landell v. Sorrell
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided August 28, 2000No. 2:99-cv-146PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION
SESSIONS, District Judge.
This is a constitutional challenge to the 1997 Vermont Campaign Finance Reform Act (“Act 64”), codified at Vt.Stat.Ann. tit. 17, Chapter 59 §§ 2801-2883. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief under Section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. U.S.C.A. Const. Amends. 1 and 14. Plaintiffs argue that certain provisions of Act 64 violate their First Amendment free speech and association rights and do not serve compelling state interests. The challenged…
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3Cited by22 opinions
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