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KLAUS v. MINN. STATE ETHICS COMMISSION

No. 45475.

244 N.W.2d 672 (1976)

Walter KLAUS, Appellant, v. MINNESOTA STATE ETHICS COMMISSION, et al., Respondents, William B. Randall, Ramsey County Attorney, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall & Swanson, Dale G. Swanson and Clinton Hall, Forest Lake, for appellant.

Peter W. Sipkins, Sol. Gen., Jonathan H. Morgan, Sp. Atty., Joan K. Swartz, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Minn. State Ethics Comm., et al.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.

OTIS, Justice.

This is an action brought by a candidate for the state legislature challenging the constitutionality of the disclosure provisions of L.1974, c. 470, the so-called "Ethics in Government" statute. The trial court mandated compliance and we affirm.

In 1974, appellant, Walter Klaus, filed for reelection to retain his seat as a member of the house from representative district 25A. He refused to comply with the provisions of Minn.St. 10A.09 which...

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