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NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE v. McKEE

Civil No. 09-538-B-H.

666 F.Supp.2d 193 (2009)

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE and American Principles In Action, Plaintiffs v. Walter F. McKEE, in his official capacity as member of the Commission on Government Ethics and Election Practices, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

October 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bopp, Jr., Jeffrey Gallant, Josiah Neeley, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, Stephen C. Whiting, The Whiting Law Firm, Portland, ME, for Plaintiffs.

Phyllis Gardiner, Thomas A. Knowlton, Assistant Attorney Generals, Office of the Maine Attorney General, Augusta, ME, for Defendants.

DECISION AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.

This case assesses Maine's attempt to strike the proper balance between the right to free expression enshrined in the First Amendment and Maine's interest in having its voters informed as they make their decisions at the polls this November (or earlier, if they vote absentee) on a particular ballot initiative.

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