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PLATT v. BD. OF COM'RS ON GRIEVANCES & DISCIPLINE

No. 14-3037.

769 F.3d 447 (2014)

Joseph J. PLATT; Platt For Judge Campaign Committee; Mark W. Miller, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON GRIEVANCES AND DISCIPLINE OF the OHIO SUPREME COURT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 8, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Curt C. Hartman , The Law Firm of Curt C. Hartman, Amelia, Ohio, for Appellants. Zachery P. Keller , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Curt C. Hartman , The Law Firm of Curt C. Hartman, Amelia, Ohio, Christopher P. Finney , Finney Law Firm LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. Zachery P. Keller , Bridget E. Coontz , Darlene Fawkes Pettit , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: GIBBONS and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges; LAWSON, District Judge.

OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

As a judicial candidate, Joseph Platt wants to openly endorse other candidates, personally and directly solicit campaign funds, and receive campaign contributions without time limitations. But he cannot do so because the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits these activities. He sought to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of these parts of the Code under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, but the district court denied...

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