GIBSON v. THE FLORIDA BAR

No. 89-3388.

906 F.2d 624 (1990)

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.

July 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, Fla., for amicus curiae Joseph W. Little.

Paul Hill, The Florida Bar, Barry Scott Richard, Roberts, Baggett, LaFace & Richard, Tallahassee, Fla., for the Florida Bar.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

In this case, the plaintiff, a member of the Florida Bar, appeals the district court's dismissal of his suit challenging the Florida Bar's procedures for handling objections to the Florida Bar's use of compulsory bar dues to fund its political lobbying. The district court held that the procedures satisfied the constitutional requirements articulated by the Supreme Court in Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Hudson, 475...

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