United States Ninth Circuit

In a First Amendment challenge to state campaign contribution reporting regulations, summary judgment for Defendant is reversed where the state campaign regulation agency's interpretation of the term "in-kind expenditures" was unconstitutionally vague.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/04/2008
• Decided 02/25/2009
• Published 02/25/2009

Judges

• Before:  HARRY PREGERSON, WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., and JOHN T. NOONAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dale Schowengerdt, Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, AZ, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Steven W. Fitschen, The National Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia;  Jonathan R. Motl, Reynolds, Motl & Sherwood, Helena, MT;  for Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony Johnstone, Deputy State Attorney General, Office of the Montana Attorney General, Helena, MT, for the defendant-appellee.