Legal Opinion
State v. Alaska Civil Liberties Union
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided April 16, 1999No. S-8778PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Alaska legislature reformed Alaska’s campaign financing statutes in 1996 by enacting Chapter 48 SLA 1996 (the Act), also known as Senate Bill (SB) 191. 1 The Alaska Civil Liberties Union (AkCLU) sued the State of Alaska, seeking a judgment declaring that parts of the Act violated rights of free speech and association by restricting campaign contributions and expenditures for state and local elections. Accepting Ak-CLU’s arguments, the superior court held that SB 191 was unconstitutional. Because we hold that the State had a legitimate interest in…
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