United States First Circuit

In plaintiff labor unions' challenge to the constitutionality of sections 6.007-.010 of Law 222, Puerto Rico's campaign finance law, claiming that the law places an unconstitutional burden on the unions' First Amendment right to engage in political speech, district court's denial of a preliminary injunction is reversed and remanded where: 1) Law 222's challenged provisions are not likely to withstand strict scrutiny, and the unions have demonstrated a strong likelihood that they will succeed on their First Amendment challenge; and 2) the district court's analysis of the balance of harms and public interest component of the preliminary injunction was based on a misapprehension of the scope of plaintiffs' challenge to the law, since plaintiffs have explicitly disavowed any challenge to the law's accounting, disclosure, and reporting requirements.

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• Decided 10/19/2012
• Published 10/19/2012

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• United States First Circuit

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