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GIBSON v. THE FLORIDA BAR

No. 85-3711.

798 F.2d 1564 (1986)

Robert E. GIBSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE FLORIDA BAR and Members of the Board of Governors, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert R. Kraft, Tallahassee, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Rayford Taylor, Barry Richard, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before HILL, Circuit Judge, HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNNE, Senior District Judge.

LYNNE, Senior District Judge:

I.

In this constitutional challenge to the lobbying activities of the Florida Bar, plaintiff Robert E. Gibson contends that the Bar violated his first amendment rights of free speech and association by spending compulsory bar dues to espouse political and ideological positions. The district court found that the Bar's stated purpose of improving the administration of justice served as a sufficiently important governmental interest...

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