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SWANN v. ADAMS

Civ. No. 186-62-M.

258 F.Supp. 819 (1965)

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.

Supplemental Opinion March 18, 1966.

Probable Jurisdiction Noted October 10, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul & Sams, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff Richard H. M. Swann.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen. of Florida, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendant Tom Adams.

John U. Lloyd, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for L. B. Gates, Supervisor of Registration of Broward County, Fla.

Thomas C. Britton, Miami, Fla., for Claude Brown, Supervisor of Registration of Dade County.

Paul E. Sawyer, Key West, Fla., for W. B. Freeman, Supervisor of Registration of Monroe County.

Halley B. Lewis, Ft. Myers, Fla., John E. Mathews, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., Mallory E. Horne, Tallahassee, Fla., William G. O'Neill, Ocala, Fla., amici curiae.

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

Probable Jurisdiction Noted October 10, 1966. See 87 S.Ct. 37.

PER CURIAM.

Before this Court for determination is the question of the constitutional validity of a statute of Florida enacted at a 1965 Special Session of its Legislature, designated as HB 19-XX, providing for the apportionment of the membership of the Florida State Senate and House of Representatives. A copy of the statute is annexed as an appendix. The statutory apportionment as made by HB 19...

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