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MINNESOTA ASS'N OF COMMERCE, ETC. v. FOLEY

No. 81-440.

316 N.W.2d 524 (1982)

MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, Plaintiff, v. Tom FOLEY, Ramsey County Attorney, Defendant, and Warren Spannaus, Attorney General, State of Minnesota, Intervening Defendant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Foley, County Atty., Stephen F. Befort, Prin. Asst. County Atty., and Michele L. Timmons, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for Foley.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Kent G. Harbison, Asst. Atty. Gen., and D. Douglas Blanke, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Spannaus.

Popham, Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman & Doty and Bruce Willis, Minneapolis, for plaintiff.

Peterson, Engberg & Peterson, Roger A. Peterson and Jay Y. Benanav, Minneapolis, amicus curiae.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

SCOTT, Justice.

This case involves the certification of the following three questions to this court by the Federal District Court of Minnesota:

(1) Does Minn.Stat. § 210A.34 (1980) permit the establishment and maintenance of any form of corporate "political action committee," or "PAC"? (2) Does Minn.Stat. § 72A.12, subd. 5 (1980), permit an insurance company or association to establish and maintain any form of "political action committee...

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