3M Says Motion to Compel Contributions to Judicial Campaigns is 'Astounding'

JACKSON, Miss. - Silica defendant 3M Co. has fired back at an attempt by plaintiffs to force disclosure of financial contributions the company and its counsel have made to Mississippi Supreme Court justices who are slated to hear an appeal the company filed recently. 3M Company, et al. v. Charles H. Green, et al., No. 2003-M-00476 (Miss. Sup. Ct.).

In a response to the motion filed Sept. 22, 3M alleges that by requesting a court order to compel the disclosures, plaintiffs in the pending appeal have subverted the very Code of Judicial Conduct the motion seeks to uphold in that …