Legal Opinion
Vermont Right to Life Committee, Inc. v. Sorrell
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 15, 2000No. Docket No. 98-9325PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge SHADUR dissents in a separate opinion.
SACK, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff, the Vermont Right to Life Committee, Inc. (“VRLC”), challenges the constitutionality of three provisions of Act No. 64, a law enacted by the State of Vermont in 1997 to reform its system of campaign financing. VRLC is a non-profit membership organization whose stated purpose is “to ac[h]ieve universal recognition of the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death by lawful means such as public education and promoting legislation.” It brought an action in the United States District Court for the District…
2Cases cited60 opinions
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Murphy v. Board of Education of the Rochester City School DistrictDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2003
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