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WISCONSIN REALTORS ASS'N v. PONTO

No. 02-C-424-C.

233 F.Supp.2d 1078 (2002)

WISCONSIN REALTORS ASSOCIATION, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Wisconsin Grocers Association, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (Seventh Claim for Relief), Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, Realtors-PAC, WEAC-PAC, WMC Issues Mobilization Council, Inc., all for themselves and their individual members including David L. Mays, Thomas A. Bindl and Tamara Schindler, Plaintiffs, v. Steven V. PONTO, chairperson of the Wisconsin State Elections Board; and each of its members, Daniel D. Blinka, David Halbrooks, Patrick J. Hodan, Brenda Lewison, John P. Savage, John C. Schober, Jeralyn Wendelberger and Kevin J. Kennedy, its executive director; Jack C. Voight, State Treasurer of Wisconsin; and Richard G. Chandler, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, each in his or her official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

December 11, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brady C. Williamson, La Follette, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison, WI, for Plaintiffs Thomas A. Bindl, David L. Mays, Realtors-PAC, Tamara Schindler, WEAC-PAC, Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Education Association, Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, Wisconsin Grocers Association, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Wisconsin Realtors Association, WMC Issues Mobilization Council.

Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Association of Public Television, National Educational Telecommunication.

Wilbur Hinton, Columbia, SC, for Plaintiff Organization of State Broadcasting.

William J. Mulligan, Davis & Kuelthau, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants Daniel D. Blinka, Richard G. Chandler, David Halbrooks, Patrick J. Hodan, Kevin J. Kennedy, Brenda Lewison, Steven V. Ponto, John P. Savage, John C. Schober, Jack C. Voight, Jeralyn Wendelberger.

OPINION AND ORDER

CRABB, Chief Judge.

This is a civil action for injunctive and declaratory relief brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Jurisdiction is present. 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Plaintiffs contend that several provisions of Wisconsin's new campaign finance law are unconstitutional and have moved for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(c). Although in their complaint plaintiffs challenge eight individual provisions of the new...

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