Sunday, June 12, 2005
More fallout from that Illinois judicial race advertizing controversy.
The Democatic judge who lost the state supreme court race has lost a demafation suit
against a group which put out a critical flier. Unfortunately, the group did not countersue for the attempted interference with their free speech rights.
Another article has a link to the ruling (pdf). Another, Another, via Howard Bashman.
Maag is from Glen Carbon, a nice little suburban town east of St. Louis that I know pretty well. Not only did he lose his race for the supreme court, he was not retained for his lower court seat - a very rare situation. The opposition to Maag stems from a perception that his area is prone to runaway jury awards in class action cases, and millions were spent opposing him.
The Democatic judge who lost the state supreme court race has lost a demafation suit
against a group which put out a critical flier. Unfortunately, the group did not countersue for the attempted interference with their free speech rights.
Another article has a link to the ruling (pdf). Another, Another, via Howard Bashman.
Maag is from Glen Carbon, a nice little suburban town east of St. Louis that I know pretty well. Not only did he lose his race for the supreme court, he was not retained for his lower court seat - a very rare situation. The opposition to Maag stems from a perception that his area is prone to runaway jury awards in class action cases, and millions were spent opposing him.
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