Supreme Court declines to hear closely watched bar association dues case Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Washington Times

The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a North Dakota case involving a lawyer’s required bar membership, but those trying to have the practice overturned may soon get another crack at it.

Arnold Fleck filed a lawsuit in 2015, contending that North Dakota’s requirement that lawyers be members of the state bar association to practice there infringed on his First Amendment rights because bar dues funded political work with which Mr. Fleck may disagree. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Mr. Fleck in August.

Some 30 states have similar requirements.

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