Legal Opinion
North Carolina Right to Life, Inc. v. Leake
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 1, 2008No. 07-1438, 07-1439PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part and reversed in part by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge WILLIAMS joined. Judge MICHAEL wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
In this case, North Carolina Right to Life, Inc. (“NCRL”) and two of its affiliated political committees challenge the constitutionality of various provisions of North Carolina’s law governing the financing of political campaigns. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the provisions in question violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments — and are hence unenforceable against…
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