Minnesota ‘Captive Audience’ Suit Denied Full 8th Cir. Look (1)

Business groups challenging Minnesota’s ban on “captive audience” meetings as unconstitutional won’t get a chance to convince the full Eighth Circuit that their case should move forward.

The Minnesota Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors led a coalition of challengers suing to block the state’s law restricting mandatory workplace meetings focused on religion, politics, or union membership, arguing it infringes on employers’ First Amendment rights and conflicts with the National Labor Relations Act.

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied the business groups’ request for an en banc rehearing, after a panel of three judges there previously ...