Legal Opinion
Ron Russell v. Troy Burris
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 4, 1998No. 97-3922, 97-4033 and 97-4038PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
In 1996, the people of Arkansas, by voter initiative, approved a campaign finance reform measure entitled Initiated Act I. Prior to Act I, Arkansas law limited individuals and political action committees to contributions of $1,000 per candidate during each election cycle. Act I reduced the contribution limit to $300 for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, attorney general, and commissioner of state lands, see Ark.Code Ann. § 7-6-203(a), § 7-6-203(b), and to $100 for all other state public offices, see…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Ron Russell, Kent Ingram, William R. Austin, and Associated Industries of Arkansas Political Action Committee v. Troy Burris, in His Official Capacity as Chairperson of the Arkansas Ethics Commission Rita Looney, in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission Tom Alexander, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission Ben Allen, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission Jack Kearney, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission and Citizens for Clean Government, American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, James Madison Center for Free Speech, Shrink Missouri Government Pac, and Zev David Fredman, Amici Curiae on Behalf of Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, and Vermont, Amici Curiae on Behalf of Ron Russell, Kent Ingram, William R. Austin, and Associated Industries of Arkansas Political Action Committee v. Troy Burris, in His Official Capacity as Chairperson of the Arkansas Ethics Commission Rita Looney, in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission Tom Alexander, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission Ben Allen, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission and Jack Kearney, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, Citizens for Clean Government, Intervenor as James Madison Center for Free Speech, Shrink Missouri Government Pac, and Zev David Fredman, Amici Curiae on Behalf of Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, and Vermont, Amici Curiae on Behalf of Ron Russell, Kent Ingram, William R. Austin, and Associated Industries of Arkansas Political Action Committee v. Troy Burris, in His Official Capacity as Chairperson of the Arkansas Ethics Commission Candi Sue Russell, in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission Marvin Delph, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission Rita Looney, in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission and Norton Wilson, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, Citizens for Clean Government, James Madison Center for Free Speech, Shrink Missouri Government Pac, and Zev David Fredman, Amici Curiae on Behalf OfCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
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