United States Eleventh Circuit

In a First Amendment challenge to a state statute banning the solicitation of voters within 100 feet of the entrance to any polling place, the District Court's injunction against enforcement of the statute is reversed, where the state had a compelling interest in prohibiting the intimidation and confusion of the electorate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/25/2009
• Published 06/25/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, and EDMONDSON and HILL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Peter Antonacci, Allen C. Winsor, Andy V. Bardos, Gray Robinson, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, Thomas Bryan Hart, Knott, Consoer, Ebelini, Hart & Swett, P.A., Fort Myers, FL, for Defendants-Appellants., Gregg D. Thomas, Paul R. McAdoo, James Joseph McGuire, Thomas & LoCicero & Bralow, PL, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.