Legal Opinion
California Prolife Council Political Action Committee v. Scully
District Court, E.D. California
Decided January 6, 1998No. CIV. S-96-1965LKK/DADPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION 1
KARLTON, Chief Judge Emeritus.
A healthy scepticism on the part of the governed concerning those who govern is as much a mark of a vibrant democracy as a paranoid suspicion is a symptom of its decline. Whether California’s voters entertain the former or suffer the latter is of some moment in the matter at bar. After a two-week trial the issue remains one upon which reasonable minds might disagree. 2 That some elected officials have subordinated the duties of their office to their personal greed and ambition is hardly news or new. It is also true, however, that many seek office to…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Ward v. Rock Against RacismSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- McCartney v. May, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2001
- Montana Right to Life Ass'n v. EddlemanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Californians for Political Reform Foundation v. Fair Political Practices CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998
- People v. SnyderCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000
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