Ohio Foreign Contributions Case Remanded by Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

 A divided panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a new per curiam opinion in the OPAWL v. Yost case about the constitutionality of 2024 Special Session House Bill 1, which prohibited foreign contributions to ballot measure committees. In June 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the prohibition finding the law was likely unconstitutional because federal law allows permanent residents to make contributions. Then on October 8, 2024, a divided three-judge panel granted the state’s motion to stay the district court’s preliminary injunction, with one judge dissenting. On September 16, a divided three-judge panel affirmed the October 8 ruling reversing the district court’s order granting the injunction and remanding the case to the District Court for further proceedings consistent with the new opinion and with that of the majority in the October 8, 2024, ruling.

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