U.S. District Court in Ohio Refuses to Award Sanctions Against Attorney for Ohio Libertarian Party

From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:

On January 9, U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson issued a procedural order in Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, s.d., 2:13-cv-953. This is the case in which the Libertarian Party is challenging the definition of “political party” passed by the Ohio legislature in November 2013. This is also the case in which the Libertarian Party tried to get its gubernatorial candidate on its own primary ballot in May 2014, but failed.

The new ruling refuses to award sanctions against the Libertarian Party’s attorney. The party’s attorney had used discovery to learn that the individual who challenged the Libertarian Party’s primary petition did not know who was paying his attorney. The party’s attorney further used discovery to find out who was paying the legal bills for the challenger. The attorney for the challenger then tried to persuade the court that the party’s attorney should be punished for his skillful work ferreting out the truth.