Securities Industry & Financial Markets Ass'n v. Garfield

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

UNDERHILL, District Judge.

This dispute arises from the Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission’s (“SEEC”) efforts to enforce a campaign finance reform law that took effect on December 31, 2006. The new law bans state contractors and “principals” of state contractors from contributing to political candidates. Although the plaintiff has challenged the contribution ban itself, the instant motion for preliminary injunction challenges only an enforcement provision of the statute that requires the SEEC to compile a master list of individuals to whom the statutory…