Michigan State Chamber of Commerce v. Austin

LIVELY, Chief Judge.

This appeal presents issues of justiciability. The plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment that a Michigan statute limiting the amount corporations may contribute to a "ballot question committee” violates the First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and association. The district court concluded that the action failed to present a case or controversy for adjudication upon determining that the plaintiffs were no in immediate danger of sustaining injury as a result of the defendant’s intention to enforce the statute. The district court dismissed the complaint without…