· 10/18/2002
George M. Weaver v. Jerry B. Blackstock
Citations
- 309 F.3d 1312
- 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 21785
- 2002 WL 31340701
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that the risk that a judge \will be tempted to rule a particular way because of contributions... is not significantly reduced by allowing the candidate's agent to seek these contributions ... on the candidate's behalf rather than the candidate seeking them himself\
- noting that the risk that a judge “will be tempted to rule a particular way because of contributions ... is not significantly reduced by allowing the candidate’s agent to seek these contributions ... on the candidate’s behalf rather than the candidate seeking them himself’
- noting that the risk that a judge \will be tempted to rule a particular way because of contributions . . . is not significantly reduced by allowing the candidate's agent to seek these contributions . . . on the candidate's behalf rather than the candidate seeking them himself\
- “the Supreme Court’s decision in White suggests that the standard for judicial elections should be the same as the standard for legislative and executive elections”
- \Successful candidates will feel beholden to the people who helped them get elected regardless of who did the soliciting of support.\
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Judges: Tjoflat, Dubina, Duhe
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