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VIZALINE, L.L.C. v. SARAH TRACY, P.E.

No. 19-60053.

949 F.3d 927 (2020)

VIZALINE, L.L.C.; Brent Melton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SARAH TRACY, P.E.; Bill Mitchell, P.E./P.S.; Joseph Franklin Lauderdale, P.E./P.S.; Joseph E. Lauderdale, P.E./P.S.; Steven A. Twedt, P.E.; Doctor Dennis D. Truax, P.E.; Richard Thomas Tolbert, P.S.; Joe W. Byrd, P.S.; Shannon D. Tidwell, P.S., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED February 14, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul V. Avelar , Institute for Justice, Tempe, AZ, Jackie Ray Bost, II, Esq. , Kaytie Michelle Pickett, Esq. , Adam Stone , Jones Walker, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, Kirby Thomas West, Institute for Justice, Arlington, VA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James A. Bobo, Esq. , Special Assistant Attorney General, for Defendants-Appellees.

Ilya Shapiro, Esq. , Cato Institute, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Cato Institute.

Ilya Shapiro, Esq. , Cato Institute, Washington, DC, Aaron Randall Rice , Attorney, Mississippi Justice Institute, Jackson, MS, for Amicus Curiae Mississippi Justice Institute.

Mahesha P. Subbaraman , Attorney, Subbaraman, P.L.L.C., Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae Professor Jane Barnbauer.

Before OWEN, Chief Judge, and BARKSDALE and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

We address a First Amendment challenge to Mississippi's occupational-licensing regime for surveyors.

Vizaline, L.L.C., converts existing legal descriptions of real property into computer-generated drawings and then sells them to community banks as a low-cost alternative to formal land surveys. Believing...

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