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· 4/28/2011

281 Care Committee v. Arneson

Citations

  • 638 F.3d 621
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 8673
  • 2011 WL 1584724

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting the Minnesota Attorney General’s authority to assist with prosecution, defend administrative decisions in civil court, and/or to file civil complaints under the challenged law
  • finding sufficient connection under the Ex Parte Young doctrine when Minnesota attorney general could conceivably enforce an allegedly unconstitutional state law despite never having done so or communicated an intent to do so
  • stating same three elements to establish standing for as-applied First Amendment challenge
  • “[P]ersons having no fears of . . . prosecution except those that are imaginary or speculative, are not to be accepted as appropriate plaintiffs.” (citation omitted)
  • using general treasury funds to support candidates for office
  • applying Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Smith, Beam, Benton

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