LET'S HELP FLORIDA v. SMATHERS

No. TCA 78-0750.

453 F.Supp. 1003 (1978)

LET'S HELP FLORIDA, a Political Committee and Paul M. Bruun, Plaintiffs, v. Bruce SMATHERS, as Secretary of State of the State of Florida, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Florida, Tallahassee Division.

May 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tobias Simon, Miami, Fla., for Let's Help Florida.

Robert Shevin, Atty. Gen., Douglas C. Kearney, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Stephen Marc Slepin, Tallahassee, Fla., for Florida Elections Commission.

David E. Cardwell, Tallahassee, Fla., for Florida Division of Elections.

Jack Shreve, Gen. Counsel, Florida Dept. of State, Tallahassee, Fla., for Bruce Smathers.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

STAFFORD, District Judge.

On February 27, 1978, plaintiffs filed this action for declaratory and injunctive relief seeking to permanently enjoin enforcement of Fla.Stat. § 106.08(1)(d) (1977), which provides:

(1) No person or political committee shall make contributions to any candidate or political committee in this state, for any election, in excess of the following amounts: * * * * * * (d...

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