Legal Opinion
Toledo Area Afl-Cio Council v. Anthony G. Pizza, Bob Taft and the Ohio Elections Commission
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1998No. 97-3298PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBoggs, J., joined by Kennedy, J.,
MERRITT, J. (pp. 327-28), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Several labor unions and union officials1 brought a facial challenge to various portions of Ohio’s Campaign Finance Reform Act shortly before it was to take effect on August 23, 1995. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio preliminarily enjoined many of the challenged provisions of the Act. The district court later converted this preliminary injunction into a permanent injunction, finding several provisions of the Act unconstitutional. The State of Ohio filed a timely…
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