C. ITOH & CO. (AMERICA), INC.

v.

SPIESS ET AL.

Citator

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• DOE v. Mortham, 708 So. 2d 929 (Fla. 1998)
  …in raising and spending money for elections. See also Let’s Help Florida v. McCrary, 621 F. 2d 195, 200 (5th Cir.1980) (“[P]romoting disclosure of campaign contributors is an important state interest ...affd sub nom. Firestone v. Let’s Help Florida, 454 U.S. 1130, 102 S.Ct. 985, 71 L.Ed.2d 284 (1982). However, the United States Supreme Court has also recognized clear distinctions between contributions and independent expenditures. See Federal Election Comm’n v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc., 479 U.S…
• State v. Greco, 479 So. 2d 786 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985)
  …d.2d 659 (1976). While striking down a law which restricted the size of contributions directed toward influencing referendums, the court in Let’s Help Florida v. McCrary, 621 F. 2d 195 (5th Cir. 1980), aff'd sub nom. Firestone v. Let’s Help Florida, 454 U.S. 1130, 102 S.Ct. 985, 71 L.Ed.2d 284, cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1142, 102 S.Ct. 999, 71 L.Ed.2d 293 (1982), observed: Florida can and does effectively promote the disclosure of large contributors through measures that are less harmful to first amendment rig…
• Falzone v. State, 500 So. 2d 1337 (Fla. 1987)
  …479 So. 2d at 789. Indeed, the legitimate function of section 106.03 in promoting the disclosure of campaign contributions is recognized in Let’s Help Florida v. McCrary, 621 F. 2d 195 (5th Cir.1980), affd sub., nom. Firestone v. Let’s Help Florida, 454 U.S. 1130, 102 [*1339] S.Ct. 985, 71 L.Ed.2d 284, cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1142, 102 S.Ct. 999, 71 L.Ed.2d 293 (1982). See also Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. v. State, 408 So. 2d 211 (Fla.1981). Having found that the requirement that political committees file statemen…