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SPEECHNOW.ORG v. FEDERAL ELECTION COM'N

Civil Action No. 08-0248 (JR).

567 F.Supp.2d 70 (2008)

SPEECHNOW.ORG, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 1, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Simpson, Institute for Justice, Arlington, VA, Bradley A. Smith, Stephen M. Hoersting, Alexandria, VA, for Plaintiffs.

Kevin Deeley, Robert William Bonham, III, Steve Nicholas Hajjar, David Brett Kolker, Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC, J. Gerald Hebert, Alexandria, VA, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

JAMES ROBERTSON, District Judge.

In this as-applied challenge, plaintiffs assert that it is unconstitutional to require groups making only "independent expenditures" to observe the contribution limits applicable to political committees regulated by the Federal Election Commission, 2 U.S.C. §§ 441a(a)(1)(C) and 441a(a)(3). Plaintiffs seek to enjoin the Commission from enforcing these contribution limits against them. For...

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