Legal Opinion
Vermont Right to Life Committee, Inc. v. Sorrell
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided September 9, 1998No. 2:97-cv-00286PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SESSIONS, District Judge.
In this civil action for declaratory and in-junctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, Vermont Right to Life Committee, Inc., (“VRLC”) seeks a determination that Vermont’s recently-enacted campaign finance reform statutes which regulate political advertising are unconstitutional facially and as applied. Before the Court are the Plaintiffs, Defendants’ and Defendant-Interveners’ motions for summary judgment.
BACKGROUND
“Never does the Constitution of the United States loom over the…
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