Legal Opinion
Adrian G. Duplantier v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1979No. 79-2351PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
At issue in this class action brought by federal judges is the complex legal question of whether an act of Congress — the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 — -insofar as its provisions require federal judges annually to file personal financial statements available for public inspection, is violative of the Constitution of the United States. 1 After carefully balancing the interests involved we conclude that the Act is not unconstitutional. We therefore affirm, but on different grounds, the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction against enforcement of those…
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