Read TEXAS ASS'N OF BUSINESS v. EARLE, 03-50254

Plaintiff's suit, seeking a declaration that its conduct during the 2002 campaign season was expression protected by the First Amendment, is dismissed in accordance with the abstention doctrine established in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/18/2004
• Published 10/18/2004

Judges

• DENNIS, Circuit Judge:, Before DeMOSS, DENNIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Andrew Taylor (argued), Amanda Staines Peterson, Andy Taylor & Associates, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• R. James George, Jr. (argued), Peter Drew Kennedy, George & Brothers, James A. Hemphill, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.