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NAT. FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF TEXAS v. ABBOTT

No. 10-10236.

647 F.3d 202 (2011)

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF TEXAS, INC., a Texas Nonprofit Corporation; Institute for Disability Access, Inc., also known as Adapt of Texas, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Greg ABBOTT, as he is Attorney General of the State of Texas, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 15, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Errol Copilevitz (argued) , William Edward Raneys , Copilevitz & Canter, L.L.C., Kansas City, MO, Christopher John Akin , Lynn, Tillotson, Pinker & Cox, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

James Patrick Sullivan , Asst. Sol. Gen. (argued), Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BARKSDALE, CLEMENT, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

The National Federation of the Blind of Texas, Inc., and the Institute for Disability Access, Inc., ("the Charities") brought a constitutional challenge to a Texas statute regulating the practices of for-profit entities engaged in charitable solicitation. The district court held certain portions of the statutory scheme unconstitutional as violative of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. In his capacity as the Attorney General of...

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