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Beck v. Morrison Pump Co.

U.S.
May 1, 1978
435 U.S. 1013 (1978)

Summary

upholding Louisiana statute and judicial canon of conduct requiring state judges to resign their offices prior to becoming candidates for non-judicial office

Summary of this case from Buckley v. Illinois Judicial Inquiry Bd.

Opinion

No. 77-1262.

May 1, 1978.


7th Cir. Certiorari denied. MR. JUSTICE STEVENS took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. Reported below: 566 F. 2d 8.


Summaries of

Beck v. Morrison Pump Co.

U.S.
May 1, 1978
435 U.S. 1013 (1978)

upholding Louisiana statute and judicial canon of conduct requiring state judges to resign their offices prior to becoming candidates for non-judicial office

Summary of this case from Buckley v. Illinois Judicial Inquiry Bd.

limiting the scope of Younger to cases in which there are pending "state enforcement proceedings"

Summary of this case from Johnson v. Kelly

articulating rationale for requiring resignation of judges seeking election to nonjudicial office in terms of "protect[ing] the state's interest in judicial integrity without sacrificing the equally important interests in robust campaigns for elective office in the executive or legislative branches of government"

Summary of this case from State v. Hechler
Case details for

Beck v. Morrison Pump Co.

Case Details

Full title:BECK, v. MORRISON PUMP CO., INC. C.A

Court:U.S.

Date published: May 1, 1978

Citations

435 U.S. 1013 (1978)

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