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REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MN v. KELLY, VERNA, ET AL. (26776)

    Order dated: 12/03/01
    Docket number: 01-521
    Action:
        The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MN v. KELLY, VERNA, ET AL. (26776)

    Order dated: 03/15/02
    Docket number: 01-521
    Action:
        The motion of petitioners for divided argument is denied.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether the provision of the Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct the prohibits a candidate for elective judicial office from announcing his or her views on disputed legal for political issues unconstitutionally impinges on the freedom of speech as guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

An opinion has been handed down: