ODEBRECHT CONST. v. SEC., FLA. DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 12-13958.

715 F.3d 1268 (2013)

ODEBRECHT CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Florida corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Elton Moye , Moye, O'Brien, O'Rourke, Pickert & Dillon, LLP, Maitland, FL, Raoul G. Cantero , Thomas Neal McAliley , White & Case, LLP, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gregory G. Costas , Paul J. Martin , Florida Dept. of Transp., Tallahassee, FL, Pam Bondi , Atty. Gen.'s Office, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Stephen Grimes , Karen D. Walker , Holland & Knight, LLP, Tallahassee, FL, for Florida Chamber of Commerce, Amicus Curiae.

Clifton Scott Elgarten , Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC, for United States Telecom Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Before MARCUS, HILL and SILER, Circuit Judges.


MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

In this interlocutory appeal, the Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation appeals the district court's order granting Odebrecht Construction, Inc. a preliminary injunction barring the Department's enforcement of a Florida law known as the "Cuba Amendment," 2012 Fla. Laws 196, § 2 (amending Fla. Stat. § 287.135). Broadly speaking, the law prevents any company that does business in Cuba — or that is in any way related...

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