Legal Opinion
Flint v. Dennison
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 31, 2007No. 05-35441PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge BEA.
BEA, Circuit Judge.
We are called upon to decide whether the University of Montana may impose a dollar limit on what a student may spend on his campaign for student office. The University’s limit did not affect how the money could be spent; rather, it directly told a student how much he could spend to get elected. The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 could not tell James Buckley how much of his money he could spend to be elected a United States Senator. Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 51-54, 96 S.Ct. 612, 46 L.Ed.2d 659 (1976) (per curiam). Why, then, may a state…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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