Court rejects appeal for full hearing on contribution limit

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal court has rejected Montana's request to rehear its defense of state campaign contribution limits.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday that none of its 44 judges moved to reconsider the case that the court already decided was tried on out-of-date standards. A panel of three federal judges ruled in May that a state District Court must re-examine the constitutionality of Montana's contribution limits based on legal tests outlined in the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling.

"That last hearing was hasty, just before the (2012) election, and...