Legal Opinion
Christian Action Network v. Maine
District Court, D. Maine
Decided January 13, 2010No. Civil 09-491-B-HPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.
Christian Action Network, a Virginia nonprofit tax-exempt organization that wants to raise money in Maine, challenges the Maine Charitable Solicitations Act (the “Act”) on First Amendment grounds and asks me to enjoin its enforcement. Christian Action Network argues that Maine’s requirement of a state-issued license as a prerequisite to charitable solicitation is an unconstitutional prior restraint of speech; that the Act’s prohibition on the unauthorized use of names in solicitations is…
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