Legal Opinion

Gabe Kaimowitz v. The Florida Bar, Its Agents, Employees and Assignees

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided August 4, 1993No. 92-2897PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Per curiam

This is an appeal from the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the Florida Bar and the Supreme Court of Florida in Attorney Gabe Kaimowitz’s Civil Rights action. Kaimowitz pled that the racial disparity within the governing board of the Florida Bar and the Florida Supreme Court has “worked to the disadvantage” of Kai-mowitz and others who provide legal services to “oppressed minorities” in Florida and in that mandatory membership in that association violates his right to free association protected by the First Amendment, citing numerous examples of Florida Bar officials who…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. HudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Railway Employes' Department v. HansonSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. Keller v. State Bar of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Lathrop v. DonohueSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Thomas A. Schopler, D.D.S. v. Rupert BlissCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. American Civil Liberties Union and Larry Schack v. The Florida Bar and the Florida Judicial Qualifications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
  2. W. David Nichols v. Alabama State BarCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
  3. Joyce Takle v. University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  4. Henry v. Florida BarCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
  5. Ware v. Wyoming Board of Law ExaminersDistrict Court, D. Wyoming · 1997

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