Legal Opinion
Myers v. Thompson
District Court, D. Montana
Decided June 28, 2016No. CV 16-45-H-DWM-JCLPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
Honorable Donald W. Molloy, United States District Judge
Attorney Robert Myers (“Myers”) seeks declaratory and injunctive relief in this case. He argues that certain professional rules of conduct that prohibit false statements violate .the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. (Docs. 1,11.) The narrow prohibition concerns any false statements by and about judicial candidates. Myers seeks to enjoin the Office of Disciplinary Counsel from enforcing Canon 4.1(A)(10) of the Montana. Code of Judicial Conduct and Rule…
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