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MISSOURI REPUBLICAN PARTY v. LAMB

No. 4:98CV1909 CDP.

100 F.Supp.2d 990 (2000)

MISSOURI REPUBLICAN PARTY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Charles G. LAMB, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, Eastern Division.

June 23, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Bruce La Pierre, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Patric A. Lester, Lester and Associates, St. Louis, MO, W. Bevis Schock, Clayton, MO, for plaintiffs.

James R. Layton, Paul Maguffee, Attorney General of Missouri, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PERRY, District Judge.

Missouri law limits the amount of money political parties can give to candidates for public office. The Missouri Republican Party and the individual plaintiffs argue that these statutory limits violate their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and association. I believe that under the Supreme Court precedent of Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Gov't PAC the limits are constitutional, and I will therefore...

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