European Connections & Tours, Inc. v. Gonzales (N.D. Ga. Mar. 23, 2007)

In the case of European Connections & Tours, Inc. v. Gonzales, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia considered Plaintiff’s request for a permanent injunction of IMBRA due to violations of the First and Fifth Amendments of the Constitution, specifically challenging the portions of the IMBRA statute relating to the disclosure of background information and the definition of International Marriage Brokers. The Court dismissed the Plaintiff’s complaint finding that the constitutional violations had no merit because IMBRA did not ban or suppress speech and there was no equal protection concern because a rational basis justified the law (N.D. Ga. Mar. 23, 2007).