Ryan v. Kirkpatrick

GUNN, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants in a declaratory judgment action relying on first amendment ground (U.S. Const, amend. I) challenge a specific provision of the Missouri Campaign Finance Disclosure Law1 — § 130.056.1(3), Cum.Supp.1983. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment was granted. This appeal followed and is lodged in this Court by virtue of Mo. Const, art. V, § 3 which vests exclusive appellate jurisdiction in the Supreme Court of all cases involving the validity of a state statute.

We find § 130.056.1(3), which imposes certain strictures on the use of campaign contribution reports,…