CALZONE v. SUMMERS

No. 2:16-cv-04278-NKL.

RONALD JOHN CALZONE, Plaintiff, v. DONALD SUMMERS, et. al. Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, Central Division.

March 11, 2020.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald John Calzone, Plaintiff, represented by Allen J. Dickerson , Institute for Free Speech, pro hac vice, Owen D. Yeates , Institute for Free Speech, pro hac vice, Zachary R. Morgan , Institute for Free Speech, pro hac vice & David Edward Roland , Freedom Center of Missouri.

Nancy Hagan, in her official capacity as Chairwoman of the Missouri Ethics Commission, Bill Deeken, in his official capacity as Vice-Chairman of the Missouri Ethics Commission, Eric L. Dirks, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Missouri Ethics Commission, Donald Summers, in his official capacity as Commissioner for the Missouri Ethics Commission, Kim Benjamin, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Missouri Ethics Commission, George Ratermann, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Missouri Ethics Commission & James Khlar, in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Missouri Ethics Commission, Defendants, represented by Brian Weisel , Missouri Attorney General's Office, Eileen Ruppe Krispin , Missouri Attorney General's Office, Melanie Pennycuff , Missouri Attorney General's Office, pro hac vice & Sara Harrison , Missouri Department of Labor & Industrial Relations Division of Employment Security.


ORDER

On appeal, the Eighth Circuit found that the application of Missouri's lobbyist registration law to Calzone violates his First Amendment rights. Calzone v. Summers, 942 F.3d 415, 425 (8th Cir. 2019). Calzone then filed a motion for attorney's fees and costs with the Eighth Circuit...

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