Legal Opinion
On Our Terms '97 PAC v. Secretary of State of Maine
District Court, D. Maine
Decided December 9, 1999No. 98-104-B-DMCPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1
DAVID M. COHEN, United States Magistrate Judge.
Before the court is the First Amendment challenge of plaintiffs On Our Terms ’97 PAC (“OOT”) and U.S. Term Limits (“USTL”) to 21-A M.R.S.A. § 904- A (“Statute”), which prohibits payment to circulators of initiative and referendum petitions for the collection of signatures if that payment is based on the number of signatures collected. 2 The plaintiffs seek declaratory judgment and injunctive relief as well as attorney fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. 3 Complaint (Docket No. 1) ¶ 17. Following a bench…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Meyer v. GrantSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Term Limits Leadership Council, Inc. v. ClarkDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1997
3Cited by10 opinions
- Prete v. BradburyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- In Re Initiative Petition No. 379Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2006
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- Project Vote v. KellyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2011
- The Independence Institute v. BuescherDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2010
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