Central Maine Power Company v. ME Comm'n on Gov't Ethics and Election Practices

United States Court of Appeals

For the First Circuit

No. 24-1265

CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY; VERSANT POWER; ENMAX CORPORATION; MAINE PRESS ASSOCIATION; MAINE ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS; JANE P. PRINGLE, individually and in her capacity as a registered voter and elector; KENNETH FLETCHER, individually and in his capacity as a registered voter and elector; BONNIE S. GOULD, individually and in her capacity as a registered voter and elector; BRENDA GARRAND, individually and in her capacity as a registered voter and elector; LAWRENCE WOLD, individually and in his capacity as a registered voter and elector, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v.

MAINE COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS AND ELECTION PRACTICES; WILLIAM J. SCHNEIDER, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices; DAVID R. HASTINGS, III, in his official capacity as a Member of the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices; SARAH LECLAIRE, in her official capacity as a Member of the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices; DENNIS MARBLE, in his official capacity as a Member of the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices; BETH N. AHEARN, in her official capacity as a Member of the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices; AARON M. FREY, in his official capacity as Attorney General for the State of Maine, Defendants, Appellants.

ERRATA SHEET

The opinion of this Court issued on July 11, 2025, is amended as follows:

On page 13, line 18-19, replace "Citizens United, 558 U.S. at 340" with "Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310, 340 (2010)"