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Christian Civic League of Maine, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission

Memorandum in opposition to re MOTION for Preliminary Injunction to be consolidated with hearing on the merits

33 Cited authorities

  1. University of Texas v. Camenisch

    451 U.S. 390 (1981)   Cited 3,082 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the question whether a preliminary injunction should have been issued . . . is moot . . . [where] the terms of the injunction . . . have been fully and irrevocably carried out."

  2. Buckley v. Valeo

    424 U.S. 1 (1976)   Cited 3,412 times   37 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a public financing law does not "abridge, restrict, or censor" expression

  3. National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Scheidler

    510 U.S. 249 (1994)   Cited 949 times
    Holding that "RICO contains no economic motive requirement"

  4. Mcconnell v. F.E.C.

    540 U.S. 93 (2003)   Cited 603 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding BCRA survived exacting scrutiny, given the “important state interests” in “providing the electorate with information, deterring actual corruption and avoiding any appearance thereof, and gathering the data necessary to enforce more substantive electioneering restrictions”

  5. Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

    461 U.S. 731 (1983)   Cited 962 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the NLRB could not bar an employer from pursuing a well-grounded lawsuit for damages under state law

  6. Eastern R. Conf. v. Noerr Motors

    365 U.S. 127 (1961)   Cited 1,886 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that antitrust laws do not apply to businesses combining to lobby the government, even where such conduct has an anticompetitive purpose and an anticompetitive effect, because the alternative "would raise important constitutional questions" under the First Amendment

  7. Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc.

    499 U.S. 365 (1991)   Cited 550 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that there is no "conspiracy" exception to the Noerr-Pennington doctrine

  8. Allied Tube Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc.

    486 U.S. 492 (1988)   Cited 299 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[c]oncerted efforts to restrain or monopolize trade by petitioning government officials," including "a form of indirect petitioning," are "protected from antitrust liability under the doctrine established by Noerr"

  9. Ada v. Guam Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists

    506 U.S. 1011 (1992)   Cited 237 times
    Arguing that the existence of some legal applications saves statute

  10. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission

    518 U.S. 604 (1996)   Cited 176 times
    Holding that political parties may make unlimited independent expenditures using contributions subject to FECA's limits

  11. Rule 65 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 65   Cited 22,415 times   87 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing court's ability to enter emergency order with less than full adversary hearing and even, in appropriate circumstances, without notice

  12. Section 1951 - Interference with commerce by threats or violence

    18 U.S.C. § 1951   Cited 11,573 times   51 Legal Analyses
    Defining extortion in ACCA as “the obtaining of something of value from another, with his consent, induced by the wrongful use or threatened use of force against the person or property of another ”

  13. Section 431 - Transferred

    2 U.S.C. § 431   Cited 470 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Exempting news stories, commentaries, and editorials from FECA's definition of "expenditure"

  14. Section 441b - Transferred

    2 U.S.C. § 441b   Cited 221 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Stating that "[i]t is unlawful for . . . any labor organization to make a contribution or expenditure in connection with any election at which presidential and vice presidential electors or a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress are to be voted for, . . . or any labor organization to consent to any contribution or expenditure by the . . . labor organization . . . prohibited by this section."

  15. Section 434 - Transferred

    2 U.S.C. § 434   Cited 193 times
    Requiring disclosure of "contributions ... expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate"

  16. Section 441 - Repealed

    2 U.S.C. § 441   Cited 41 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Observing that federal law forbids unions from directly contributing to candidates