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THOMPSON v. HEBDON

No. 17-35019.

909 F.3d 1027 (2018)

David THOMPSON; Aaron Downing; Jim Crawford; District 18 of the Alaska Republican Party, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Heather HEBDON, in Her Official Capacity as the Executive Director of the Alaska Public Offices Commission; Tom Temple; Irene Catalone; Ron King; Robert Clift; Adam Schwemley, in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Alaska Public Offices Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 27, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Clarkson (argued) and Matthew C. Clarkson, Brena Bell & Clarkson P.C., Anchorage, Alaska, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Laura Fox (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, Anchorage, Alaska, for Defendants-Appellees.

Brian A. Sutherland, Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, California; M. Patrick Yingling, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Brent Ferguson and Daniel I. Weiner, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, New York; for Amicus Curiae Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.

Ronald A. Fein and John C. Bonifaz, Free Speech for People, Newton, Massachusetts, for Amici Curiae Free Speech for People and Professor David Fontana.

Tara Malloy, Noah B. Lindell, Megan P. McAllen, and Mark P. Gaber, Campaign Legal Center, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Campaign Legal Center.

Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Chief Judge Thomas

OPINION

We must decide whether an Alaska law regulating campaign contributions violates the First Amendment. At issue are Alaska's limit on contributions made by individuals to candidates, its limit on contributions made by individuals to election-related groups, its limit on political party-to-candidate contributions...

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