Legal Opinion
New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce v. New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 6, 1980PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
HANDLER, J.
This appeal presents a constitutional challenge on First Amendment grounds directed to provisions of the New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act, NJ. S.A. 19:44A-1 to 26, which regulate group efforts to influence legislation. Also challenged is an administrative regulation, N.J.A.C. 19:25-12.1(e), that imposes a minimum expenditure of $100 as a threshold condition for enforcement of these provisions of the act.
Each of the courts below, the Chancery Division and the Appellate Division, had a different view of the…
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