FLORIDA ASS'N OF PROF. LOBBYISTS v. DIV. OF LEG.

No. 4:06CV123-SPM/WCS.

431 F.Supp.2d 1228 (2006)

FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL LOBBYISTS, INC., a Florida not for profit corporation; Spearman Management Company, a Florida corporation; Guy M. Spearman III, a natural person; Ronald L. Book, P.A., a Florida professional association and Ronald L. Book, a natural person, Plaintiffs, v. DIVISION OF LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION SERVICES OF THE FLORIDA OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES, a Florida state agency; the Florida Commission on Ethics, an independent constitutional commission; Tom Lee, as President of the Florida Senate; and Allan Bense, as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Defendants.

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

May 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Rodney Davidson, Jamie L. Zysk, Thomas R. Julin, Hunton & Williams LLP, Miami, FL, Mark Herron, Messer Caparello & Self Pa, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Michael Pearce Dodson, General Counsel-Office of Legislative Svcs., The Florida Legislature, Christopher M. Kise, Attorney General State of FL, Kenneth Wayne Sukhia, Conwell Sukhia & Kirkpatrick PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants.


ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

MICKLE, District Judge.

"Florida, like every other state in the union, has enacted legislation regulating the conduct of those who `lobby' the state's legislative or executive officials." Florida League of Professional Lobbyists, Inc. v. Meggs, 87 F.3d 457, 458 (11th Cir.1996). This case presents a challenge to a new lobbying...

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