Legal Opinion
Respect Maine Pac v. McKee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 5, 2010No. 10-2119PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING EMERGENCY MOTION FOR INJUNCTION PENDING APPEAL
Appellants brought suit on August 5, 2010 asserting facial and as applied challenges to the constitutionality of provisions of Maine’s elections laws that set independent expenditure reporting requirements, 21-A M.R.S. § 1019-B, limit contributions to candidates for governor to $750 per election, 21-A M.R.S. § 1015(1), and provide, under some conditions, matching public funds for participating Maine Clean Election Act (MCEA) candidates, 21-A M.R.S. § 1125(9).
The district court held a prompt hearing on these requests for relief. It…
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