International Tape Manufacturers Ass'n v. Gerstein

OPINION

LAYTON * , District Judge.

Plaintiff, an unincorporated voluntary association, has brought this class action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from future criminal prosecutions threatened under the provisions of a Florida statute. Plaintiff alleges that such imminent prosecutions would result in the instigation of harassing and vexatious litigation and cause it irreparable harm. Defendants are the State Attorneys, who are responsible for prosecutions initiated pursuant to the challenged Florida Statute. Plaintiff contends that the Florida statute is in conflict with Federal…