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McComish v. Bennett

Case Information

Date Filed: November 29, 2010
State: Arizona
Issue: Campaign Finance
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. Supreme Court (Case 10-239); U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (Case 10-15166); U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (Case 10-15165)

Issue:

Whether Arizona campaing finance law violates the first and fourteenth amendments.

Status:

Opinion Issued  6/27/11. Reply Brief of Petitioner McCommish filed 3/15/11. Reply Brief of Petitioner Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC filed 3/16/11. Motion of Acting-Solicitor General to Argue as Amicus Curie Granted entered 3/18/11. Motion of Petitioners for Divided Argument Denied entered 3/18/11.  Case Argued 3/28/11.

Supreme Court Documents

• Petition for Writ of Certiorari (filed 8/17/10)
• Brief of Amicus Curiae, Center for Competitive Politics in Support of Petitioners (filed 9/16/10)
• Brief of CATO Institute as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners (filed 9/16/10)
• Amicus Curiae Brief of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy in Support of the Petition for Writ of Certiorari (filed 9/20/10)
• Respondent's Brief in Opposition (filed 10/19/10)
• Reply Brief (filed 10/28/10)
• Consent by Petitioners for the Filing of Amicus Briefs (filed 12/13/10)
• Set for Oral Argument March 28, 2011
• Consent by Petitioners for the Filing of Amicus Briefs (filed 1/6/11)
• Consent by Respondents for the Filing of Amicus Briefs (filed 1/6/11)
• Brief of Petitioner John McComish (filed 1/12/11)
• Brief of Respondent Arizona Free Enterprise Club (filed 1/13/11)
• Amicus Brief of Center for Competitive Politics (filed 1/18/11)
• Amicus Brief of Yankee Institute for Public Policy (filed 1/19/11)
• Amicus Brief of Justice and Freedom Fund (filed 1/19/11)
• Amicus Brief of Four Former Chairmen and One Former Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission (filed 1/20/11)
• Amicus Brief of Wyoming Liberty Group  (filed 1/20/11)
• Amicus Brief of the CATO Institute  (filed 1/20/11)
• Amicus Brief of Mitch McConnell, US Senator  (filed 1/20/11)
• Amicus Brief of Former Officials of the ACLU (filed 2/15/11)
• Brief of Respondent Ken Bennett and the Clean Elections Institute (filed 2/14/11)
• Amicus Brief of Center for Governmental Studies (filed 2/17/11)
• Amicus Brief of The United States (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of Committee for Economic Development (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of Former Elected Officials (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of Union of Reform Judiasm (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of Constitutional Scholars (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of Anthony Corrado, et al. (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of Self-Financing Candidates Congressman Bill Foster (Ret.), et al. (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, et al. (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of Professors of Constitutional and Election Law (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of Service Employees International Union (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of Iowa, et al. (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of Costas Panagopoulos, et al. (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of Campaign Legal Center, et al. (filed 2/22/11)
• Amicus Brief of New York City, et al. (filed 2/22/11)
• Brief of State Respondents (filed 2/11/11)
• Reply Brief of Petitioner McCommish (filed 3/15/11)
• Reply Brief of Petitioner Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC (filed 3/16/11)
• Motion of Acting-Solicitor General to Argue as Amicus Curie Granted (entered 3/18/11)
• Motion of Petitioners for Divided Argument Denied (entered 3/18/11)
• Amicus Municipal Brief (filed)
• Case Argued- Transcript Audio File (entered 3/28/11)
• Opinion (entered 6/27/11)

Court of Appeals Documents

• Order and Amended Opinion (entered 6/23/10)