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Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan, 10-568

In a First Amendment challenge to Nevada's Ethics in Government Law (Statute), Nev. Rev. Stat. section281A.420(2), judgment of the state supreme court vacating the censure of an elected official for failing to recuse himself during a conflicted vote on a casino project is reversed where the statute is not unconstitutionally overbroad.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 06/13/2011
  • Published 06/13/2011

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  • SCALIA

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  • United States Supreme Court

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