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172239P.pdf   09/10/2018  Free and Fair Election Fund  v.  Missouri Ethics Commission
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-2239
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Shepherd and Stras, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Election Law. In this action the district court permanently 
   enjoined enforcement of Missouri Constitution Article VIII, Section 
   23.3(12), which prohibits a political action committee from receiving 
   contributions from other political committees on the ground the 
   prohibitions unconstitutionally infringes on a political action 
   committee's First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and association; 
   the transfer ban does little, if anything, to further the objective of 
   preventing corruption or the appearance of corruption, the only legitimate 
   state interest in restricting campaign finances, and the prohibition is 
   not closely drawn to serve an important state interest. The district 
   court's order is affirmed.