United States Eighth Circuit

The Partisan-Activities and Solicitation clauses of Canon 5 of the Minnesota Supreme Court's canon of judicial conduct violate the First Amendment because the clauses are not narrowly tailored to serve an interest in unbiased judges.scrutiny.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/02/2005
• Published 08/02/2005

Judges

• Before WOLLMAN,JOHN R. GIBSON, and BEAM, and Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Bopp, Jr., Eric C. Bohnet, Thomas J. Marzen, Bopp & Coleson, Terre Haute, IN, Erick G. Kaardal, Mohrman & Kaardal, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, Tony P. Trimble, Matthew Wayne Haapoja, Trimble & Associates, Minnetonka, MN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., William F. Mohrman, Mohrman & Kaardal, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff., Stephen B. Young, St. Paul, MN, for Amicus on Behalf of Minnesota Civil Liberties Union., George W. Soule, Bowman & Brooke, Minneapolis, MN, for Amici on Behalf of Minnesota State Bar Association., Michael Thomas Andrews, Vogel Law Firm, Bismarck, ND, Roy Schotland, Georgetown University Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, Brady C. Williamson, Lafollette & Godfrey, Madison, WI, for Amici on Behalf of the Conference of Chief Justices., Joseph C. Blanton, Jr., Blanton & Rice, Sikeston, MO, for Amici on Behalf of the Missouri Bar., Deborah Goldberg, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY, for Amici on behalf of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law., Dennis Ronald Hansen, Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for Amici on Behalf of State of Arkansas.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark Bernard Levinger, Thomas Campion Vasaly, Attorney General's Office, St. Paul, MN,for Defendants-Appellees.