Legal Opinion
Citizens United v. Schneiderman
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 15, 2018No. Docket No. 16-3310; August Term, 2017PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
*378Plaintiffs-Appellants Citizens United and Citizens United Foundation ("Appellants") sue Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for the regulations promulgated by his office that require non-profit organizations to disclose their donors on a yearly basis. Appellants primary claim is that these regulations violate the First Amendment. They argue that the regulations do so in two ways: by creating a climate of fear among donors that limits their ability to raise the funds to promote controversial causes and by operating as a prior restraint on their ability to ask for money.…
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