· 12/19/2008
Green Party of Connecticut v. Garfield
Citations
- 590 F. Supp. 2d 288
- 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103775
- 2008 WL 5273434
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[L]obbyists ha[ve] not been directly linked to the pay-to-play scandals, which primarily involved state contractors offering bribes in exchange for preferential treatment .... ” (emphasis added)
- ban on contributions by lobbyists, state contractors, and their immediate family members
- ban on contributions by lobbyists, state contractors, and their immediate family members
- “Significantly for purposes of considering the nature and extent of the [contribution ban’s] burden on [lobbyists’] First Amendment rights to expression and association, the contribution bans do not impede the right of lobbyists ... to engage in direct political expressions of support.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Stefan R. Underhill
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