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PETERSON v. KNUTSON

No. 3-73-Civ-289.

367 F.Supp. 515 (1973)

Gordon C. PETERSON, Plaintiff, v. Oscar R. KNUTSON, Chief Justice, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Third Division.

December 12, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon C. Peterson, pro se.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Jonathan H. Morgan, Sol. Gen., Richard G. Mark, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., for defendants.

Moore, Costello & Hart, A. Patrick Leighton, St. Paul, Minn., for defendant Otis.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL

DEVITT, Chief Judge.

Gordon C. Peterson, a disbarred attorney, brings action under civil rights statutes against Minnesota Supreme Court justices and other Minnesota state officers for damages, claiming the Supreme Court's decision aborting his candidacy for the office of justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court at the November 1972 election violated his federal constitutional rights. Defendants move for dismissal pursuant...

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