152172P.pdf   07/29/2016  Missourians for Fiscal, etc.  v.  James Klahr
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-2172
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Loken and Arnold, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Election law.In action seeking to declare unconstitutional 
   the provision of Missouri Revised Statute Section 130.011(8) which 
   requires campaign committees to be formed at least 30 days before the date 
   of an election, plaintiff had standing to challenge the provisions of the 
   statute because plaintiff's complaint alleged that it engaged in 
   self-censorship to comply with the provision and its decision to chill its 
   speech in light of the statute was objectively reasonable, given the fees 
   and penalties provided for in the statute; the case is not moot even 
   though the 2014 election has passed, as the defendants can, at any time, 
   assess fees for plaintiff's violation of the formation deadline 
   established by the statute; further the action was not moot under the 
   "capable of repetition yet evading review" exception to mootness; the 
   district court erred, however, in dismissing the complaint on the ground 
   the claims were not ripe as plaintiff's allegations that it had suffered 
   actual harm due to self-censorship dispenses with any ripeness concerns. 
   Judge Arnold, dissenting.