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Libertarian Party of Minnesota, et al. v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 20-2244 · judgment September 3, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether a government during the election process, without violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments, can threaten criminal prosecution against voters who sign petitions supporting minor political party presidential candidates and others seeking elected office, when it fails to give notice that the criminal reprisal is wholly inapplicable if the signatory voters later change their minds to cast ballots in a major political party primary for the same candidate position.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Erick G. Kaardal
Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson P.A.
For respondent
Nathan J. Hartshorn
Office of the Minnesota Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 10 2022Petition DENIED.
- Dec 22 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
- Dec 10 2021Waiver of right of respondent Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State to respond filed.
- Dec 02 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 5, 2022)