The Lincoln Club Of Orange County v. City Of Irvine

274 F.3d 1262 (9th Cir. 2001) THE LINCOLN CLUB OF ORANGE COUNTY, A CALIFORNIA NON-PROFIT MUTUAL BENEFIT CORPORATION ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS MEMBERS; THE LINCOLN CLUB OF ORANGE COUNTY STATE PAC; THE LINCOLN CLUB OF ORANGE COUNTY INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES PAC, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. CITY OF IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. No. 00-56444 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted November 6, 2001 Filed Dec. 20, 2001 John C. Eastman, The Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Orange, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Joel D. Kuperberg, Rutan & Tucker, Costa Mesa, California, for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Alicemarie H. Stotler, District Judge, Presiding D.C. No. CV-99-01262 AHS Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, J. Clifford Wallace and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges. Goodwin, Circuit Judge 1 The Lincoln Club of Orange County and its affiliated political action committees ["The Lincoln Club"] brought an action for declaratory and injunctive relief in the district court challenging the constitutionality of…