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May 18, 2018      5:05 PM

Third Court of Appeals does not let MQ Sullivan off the hook in case of alleged illegal lobbying

The all-GOP court found that “The lobbyist-registration statute at issue is a legally permissible restriction” and not a trampling of Sullivan’s free speech rights

An all-Republican panel of the Third Court of Appeals in Austin this week rejected an attempt by attorneys for Midland oilman Tim Dunn’s spokesman Michael Quinn Sullivan to toss out the case of his alleged illegal lobbying at the Texas Capitol.

Sullivan’s lawyers were hoping the court would agree with them that the case being pursued by the Texas Ethics Commission should be dismissed because of a state law aimed at helping journalists and others do their jobs without fear of frivolous lawsuits.

By Scott Braddock

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