BARKER v. STATE OF WISCONSIN ETHICS BD.

No. 93-C-150-C.

841 F.Supp. 255 (1993)

Leigh S. BARKER, Katherine S. Stout, Bruce J. Oradei, Ronald Parys, Thomas H. Coenen, and Janet R. Swandby, Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF WISCONSIN ETHICS BOARD and James E. Doyle, Attorney General of The State of Wisconsin, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

December 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Friebert, Friebert Finerty & St. John, S.C., Milwaukee WI, for Leigh S. Barker, Katherine S. Stout, Bruce J. Oradei, Ronald Parys, Thomas H. Coenen, Janet R. Swandby.

Alan Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison WI, for State of Wisconsin Ethics Bd., James E. Doyle.


OPINION and ORDER

CRABB, Chief Judge.

Six lobbyists have brought this civil action to contest the constitutionality of a provision in Wisconsin's lobby law, specifically Wis. Stat. § 13.625(1)(b), to the extent that it interferes with their First Amendment right to volunteer unpaid personal services to candidates for elected office. They seek declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants contend that any statutory interference...

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