Legal Opinion
Kingstad v. State Bar of Wis.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 9, 2010No. 09-4080PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
To practice law in the State of Wisconsin, lawyers must join the Wisconsin State Bar. To join the State Bar, lawyers must pay State Bar dues. For more than fifty years, this system has been generating First Amendment litigation, and this case is the latest installment. In 2007, the State Bar used a portion of members’ dues to conduct a public image campaign with the goal of improving the public’s perception of Wisconsin lawyers. Petitioners Jon Kingstad, Steven Levine, and James Thiel (collectively, the “Objectors”) objected to the State Bar’s use of their mandatory…
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