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SOBEL v. ADAMS

Civ. Nos. 182-62-M, 186-62-M.

214 F.Supp. 811 (1963)

Peter B. SOBEL, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Tom ADAMS, Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Defendant. Richard H. M. SWANN, Plaintiff, v. Tom ADAMS, Secretary of State of the State of Florida, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Florida, Miami Division.

February 7, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Hiaasen, of McCune, Hiaasen, Crum & Ferris, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., William Reece Smith, Jr., of Reaves, Carlton, Fields & Ward, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff Swann.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., of Florida, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendant Tom Adams.

Paul E. Sawyer, Key West, Fla., for Monroe County.

Darrey A. Davis, Miami, Fla., for Dade County.

John U. Lloyd, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Broward County.

Halley B. Lewis, Arcadia, Fla., John E. Mathews, Jr. of Mathews, Osborne & Ehrlich, Jacksonville, Fla., Mallory E. Horne, Tallahassee, Fla., William G. O'Neill, Ocala, Fla., amici curiae.

Milton M. Ferrell, Miami, Fla., for amicus curiae Robert King High.

Before JONES, Circuit Judge, and McRAE and DYER, District Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This Court, when this consolidated cause was last before us, held that the then pending proposal to amend the Florida Constitution provided a rational plan of reapportionment of the Florida legislature, free from invidious discrimination. Sobel v. Adams, D.C., 208 F.Supp. 316, 324. The Constitutional amendment was rejected. The Florida Legislature was convened and reconvened in special sessions. On January 30, 1963...

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