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Campaign Contribution Limits for Recall-Petition Signatures

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
February 12, 2023

Citizens for Clean Government v. San Diego (Napoleon A. Jones, Jr., S.D. Cal. 3:03-cv-1215)
A June 20, 2003, federal complaint challenged contribution limits for a city council recall effort. In an interlocutory appeal, the court of appeals affirmed the denial of immediate relief. The recall effort did not qualify for the ballot, and the incumbent was reelected. On appeal from the final judgment, the court of appeals ruled in 2007 that the district court had not required sufficient justification for the contribution limits.
Subject: Campaign activities. Topics: Campaign finance; intervention; interlocutory appeal; case assignment.

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Election Litigation | Campaign Activities | Campaign Finance | Case Assignment | Interlocutory Appeal | Intervention | Recall Elections | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | S.D. Cal.