United States Seventh Circuit

In attorneys' challenge to the Wisconsin State Bar's use of their mandatory dues to fund a campaign for improving the public's perception of Wisconsin lawyers, district court's decision upholding an arbitrator's ruling in favor of the State Bar is affirmed as, to withstand scrutiny under the First Amendment, State Bar expenditures funded by mandatory dues must be germane to the legitimate purposes of the State Bar. Here, the public image campaign at issue in this case is germane to those constitutionally legitimate purposes.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/15/2010
• Decided 09/09/2010
• Published 09/09/2010

Judges

• HAMILTON

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

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