Legal Opinion
O'Keefe v. Schmitz
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 6, 2014No. Case No. 14-C-139PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*864DECISION AND ORDER
RUDOLPH T. RANDA, District Judge.
This case requires the Court to decide the limits that government can place on First Amendment political speech. It comes to the Court with more than the usual urgency presented by First Amendment cases because the defendants seek to criminalize the plaintiffs’ speech under Wisconsin’s campaign finance laws. Defendants instigated a secret John Doe investigation replete with armed raids on homes to collect evidence that would support their criminal prosecution. Plaintiffs move for a preliminary injunction to stop the defendants’ investigation.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Citizens United v. Federal Election CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Kugler v. HelfantSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Eric O'Keefe v. John ChisholmCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
- Francis D. Schmitz v. Honorable Gregory A. PetersonWisconsin Supreme Court · 2015
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- State Ex Rel. Two Unnamed v. PetersonWisconsin Supreme Court · 2015
- State Ex Rel. Two Unnamed v. PetersonWisconsin Supreme Court · 2015
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