Legal Opinion
Gerald Geier v. Missouri Ethics Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 21, 2013No. 12-3853PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Seeking to enjoin a state enforcement proceeding, Gerald Geier and Stop Now! (collectively, “Stop Now!”) filed this lawsuit in federal court against the Missouri Ethics Commission and several of its members (collectively, the “Commission”). The district court 2 abstained under the Younger doctrine and subsequently denied Stop Now!’s motion to amend its complaint as moot, having declined jurisdiction over the case. We affirm.
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Gerald Geier and others formed Stop Now!, a political action committee, in 1991 to oppose tax increases in the Kansas City area. By 2002, Stop…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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