Wisc. Right to Life State Political Action Committee v. Barland

In action challenging constitutionality of Wisc. statute that limited to $10,000 amount that individuals could contribute to political action committees, Dist. Ct. erred in granting defendant's motion seeking to have Dist. Ct. abstain from ruling on plaintiff's request for preliminary injunction pending resolution of another case under consideration by Wisc. Supreme Court that challenged other amended campaign-finance rules; abstention was not warranted where ruling in case before Wisc. Supreme Court did not directly pertain to constitutionality question raised in instant case. Moreover, Ct. held that plaintiff was entitled to preliminary injunction based upon likelihood of success of case on its merits since application of instant $10,000 aggregate annual contribution cap to independent-expenditure committees such as plaintiff violated their First Amendment rights under Citizens United, 130 SCt 876, where justification for said cap did not apply to independent expenditure committees whose contributions posed no threat of corruption of candidates for public office.