Legal Opinion
Bailey v. Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics
District Court, D. Maine
Decided September 30, 2012No. 1:11-cv-00179-NTPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
NANCY TORRESEN, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
On January 31, 2011, the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices (the “Commission”) fined the Plaintiff, Dennis Bailey, $200 for failing to provide his name and address on “the Cutler Files,” his anonymous website advocating the defeat of gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler. The Commission found Bailey in violation of 21-A M.R.S.A. § 1014, which requires that election advocacy communications: (1) state the name and address of the person financing the communication; and (2) state whether the…
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