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MICHIGAN STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE v. AUSTIN

Civ. A. No. 83-2263.

637 F.Supp. 1192 (1986)

MICHIGAN STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, a Michigan non-profit corporation, individually and for its members; E. James Barrett; Consumers Power Company, a Michigan corporation; the Detroit Edison Company, a Michigan corporation; and Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, a Michigan corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Richard H. AUSTIN, in his capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Michigan, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

July 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Pirich, Kirk D. Messmer, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Lansing, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Richard P. Gartner, Gary P. Gordon, Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FEIKENS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek judgment declaring Section 54(3) of the Michigan Campaign Finance Act, Mich.Comp.Laws § 169.254(3), a facial violation of the first and fourteenth amendments and enjoining its enforcement. The statute provides:

(3) A corporation or joint stock company, whether incorporated under the laws of this or any other state or foreign country, except a corporation formed for political purposes...

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