Montana Right To Life Association v. Eddleman

306 F.3d 874 MONTANA RIGHT TO LIFE ASSOCIATION; Montana Right to Life Political Action Committee; Julie Daffin, President of Montana Right to Life Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert EDDLEMAN, in his official capacity as County Attorney for Stillwater County, Montana, and as a representative of the class of County Attorneys in the State of Montana, et al., Defendant-Appellee. No. 00-35924. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 7, 2002. Filed September 24, 2002. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED James Bopp, Jr., Eric C. Bohnet, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, for the plaintiff-appellant. Brian M. Morris, Solicitor, Helena, MT, for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana; Jack D. Shanstrom, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-96-00165-JDS. Before ALARCÓN and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and TEILBORG, District Judge. * Opinion by Judge SILVERMAN; Dissent by Judge TEILBORG. OPINION SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge. 1 In 1994, Montana voters passed various campaign finance reform measures contained in a ballot proposition known as Initiative 118. At issue in this case are two of…