BRIGGS & STRATTON CORP. v. BALDRIGE

Nos. 82-2112, 82-2392 and 83-1258.

728 F.2d 915 (1984)

BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION and Michael Hamilton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Malcolm BALDRIGE, Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce, et al., Defendants-Appellees. The TRANE COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Malcolm BALDRIGE, Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwin J. Zarwell, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, Wis., Brice M. Clagett, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert S. Lavet, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 26, 1984.

ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

The appellants contend that they have a First Amendment right to answer questions asked by Arab boycott offices pursuant to the Arabs' trade boycott of Israel. We disagree, and accordingly affirm the judgments of the district courts.

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Many Arab countries are engaged in a long-standing trade boycott of Israel. As one means of policing their boycott, the Arabs...

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