Legal Opinion
Edenfield v. Fane
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 26, 1993No. 91-1594PublishedCited by 667 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
In previous cases we have considered the constitutionality of state laws prohibiting lawyers from engaging in direct, personal solicitation of prospective clients. See Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn., 436 U. S. 447 (1978); In re Primus, 436 U. S. 412 (1978). In the case now before us, we consider a solicitation ban applicable to certified public accountants (CPA’s) enacted by the State of Florida. We hold that, as applied to CPA solicitation in the business context, Florida’s prohibition is inconsistent with the free speech guarantees of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
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