CLAUSSEN v. PENCE

No. 16-1003.

826 F.3d 381 (2016)

Matthew D. CLAUSSEN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael R. PENCE, Governor of the State of Indiana, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 10, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam John Sedia , Attorney, Rubino, Ruman, Crosmer, Smith, Sersic & Polen, Dyer, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Aaron T. Craft , Kyle Hunter , Attorneys, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Posner and Flaum, Circuit Judges, and Alonso, District Judge.


Plaintiffs are civil servants who hold elected office in the municipality that employs them. They challenge a recently-enacted Indiana law prohibiting persons from simultaneously holding elected office and being employed as civil servants in the same unit of government. Plaintiffs contend that the law violates the First Amendment...

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