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· 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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