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Western Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Montana
''Western Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Attorney General of Montana'', 2011 MT 328, is a decision by the Montana Supreme Court ruling that the broad free speech protections given to corporations in ''Citizens United v. FEC'' do not apply to Montana's campaign finance laws. The United States Supreme Court reversed the Montana Supreme Court's decision in ''American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock'', 567, U.S. ___ (2012), in a short, ''per curiam'' opinion issued without oral argument. The Court wrote only that the legal issue had already been precluded by ''Citizens United'', and this case offered no new arguments and failed to distinguish that prior decision.
==Case Background==
In a 1912 ballot initiative, that citizens of Montana passed the Montana Corrupt Practices Act in response to the major influence of corporations on state elections. During the early 20th Century, a number of rich "Copper Barons" controlled most of the political process through quid pro quo financial transactions with politicians. In response, the state restricted the amount of money that corporations and individuals could donate to campaigns. American Tradition Partnership (ATP), formerly known as Western Tradition Partnership, had challenged the Montana Corrupt Practices Act of 1912, which prohibited independent expenditures to influence political campaigns by corporations, after the United States Supreme Court's ''Citizens United'' ruling.〔 ATP was joined in its suit by Champion Painting and the Montana Shooting Sports Association. In October 2010 District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock ruled that the Montana law is unconstitutional. Ruling Judge Sherlock said he agreed with U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson, who overturned a similar ban in Minnesota. Magnuson wrote that Citizens United "is unequivocal: The government may not prohibit independent and indirect corporate expenditures on political speech."
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