Subject: Ninth Circuit upholds Montana limit on aggregate PAC contributions
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 9/24/2002, 8:57 PM
To: "election-law@majordomo.lls.edu" <election-law@majordomo.lls.edu>

A Ninth Circuit panel, by a 2-1 vote, upheld a provision of Montana law passed by initiatives imposing dollar caps on the aggregate amount of PAC contributions a candidate for state office may accept. You can find a pdf version of the case, Montana Right to Life v. Eddleman, at the following link:

http://www.metnews.com/sos.cgi?0902%2F0035924

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