Legal Opinion
John Crosetto v. State Bar of Wisconsin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 24, 1994No. 92-3899PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
In this case Wisconsin lawyers, John Cro-setto, Kenneth Doran, and Douglas Kammer (“Plaintiffs”), have alleged that the State Bar of Wisconsin, Stephen Smay (the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Bar), and the Justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (“Defendants”), violated Plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights by requiring Plaintiffs both to join the Wisconsin State Bar and to contribute money for certain political causes in order to practice law in the State. The district court granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment finding that Defendants acted in good faith…
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