Fidanque v. STATE, GOVT. STANDARDS & PRACTICES

Plaintiffs are two paid lobbyists for the American Civil Liberties Union. They brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, seeking a judicial determination that ORS 171.743, 1 a statute requiring certain lobbyists to pay a biennial registration fee to the Oregon Government Standards and Practices Commission (Commission), is constitutionally unsound. Plaintiffs based their complaint on two provisions of the Oregon Constitution — sections 8 and 26 of Article I — and on the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. 2 On cross-motions for judgment on the pleadings, the…