CALZONE v. SUMMERS

No. 17-2654.

942 F.3d 415 (2019)

Ronald John CALZONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald SUMMERS, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Missouri Ethics Commission; Kim Benjamin, in her official capacity as Vice-Chairwoman of the Missouri Ethics Commission; George Ratermann, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Missouri Ethics Commission; Wayne Henke, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Missouri Ethics Commission; Sherman Birkes, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Missouri Ethics Commission; Cheryl Walker, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Missouri Ethics Commission; Elizabeth Ziegler, in her official capacity as Executive Director of the Missouri Ethics Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 1, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen J. Dickerson , Tyler Martinez , Zac Morgan , Owen Dennis Yeates , Institute for Free Speech, Alexandria, VA, David Edward Roland , Freedom Center of Missouri, Mexico, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Julie Marie Blake , Brian P. Weisel , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Jefferson City, MO, Sara Hilary Harrison , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, LOKEN, COLLOTON, GRUENDER, BENTON, SHEPHERD, KELLY, ERICKSON, GRASZ, STRAS, and KOBES, Circuit Judges, En Banc.


Ronald Calzone frequently talks to Missouri legislators about political issues that are important to him. The State says that, because he runs a nonprofit corporation, he may do so only if he goes through the effort and expense of registering...

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