BANG v. CHASE

No. 3-76 Civ. 272.

442 F.Supp. 758 (1977)

Otto T. BANG, Jr., Nancy Brataas, William G. Kirchner, Charles Berg, Gerald Knickerbocker, Ray O. Pleasant, Arne H. Carlson, Gary W. Laidig, Selma Stenberg and John Heegaard, Plaintiffs, v. Harold CHASE, Elizabeth Ebbott, David Durenberger, Spencer Sokolowski, Roger F. Noreen and Constance Burchette, in their capacities as the members of the State Ethical Practices Board, Jim Lord, in his capacity as the Treasurer of the State of Minnesota, Arthur C. Roemer, in his capacity as the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Revenue, and Gary W. Flakne, in his capacity of Hennepin County Attorney, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Third Division.

December 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Truhn, and Thomas V. Seifert, Head & Truhn, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiffs.

Warren R. Spannaus, Atty. Gen., State of Minnesota by Richard B. Allyn, Sol. Gen., Richard A. Lockridge, Kathryn Rush, and Paul G. Zerby, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., for State defendants.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, DEVITT, Chief District Judge, and ALSOP, District Judge.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

PER CURIAM.

This case is again before this three-judge panel1 upon plaintiffs' request to declare unconstitutional key provisions of the Minnesota Ethics in Government Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 10A.01 et seq. (1976), and to enjoin the enforcement of its provisions.2

The Ethics in Government Act is an intricate statutory...

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