Federal court grants charitable nonprofit's request for
permanent injunction blocking California AG's request for
unredacted donor disclosure data
Late last week, the US District Court for the Central District
of California struck a blow against the California Attorney
General's Office and other supporters of the state's
ongoing efforts to expand the public disclosure of nonprofit donor
identity data. By granting the plaintiff's permanent injunction
request in the matter of Americans for Prosperity Foundation v.
Harris, the court effectively declared unconstitutional
– at least "as applied" to Americans for Prosperity
Foundation ("AFPF") – the Attorney General's
implementation and interpretation of a California law requiring
charitable organizations to file the names and addresses of their
large donors with the state's public registry. The ruling,
which comes on the heels of a 2015 decision by the US Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit holding that the same
