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TROMBETTA v. STATE OF FLORIDA

No. 72-182-Civ. T.

339 F.Supp. 1359 (1972)

Edward J. TROMBETTA et al., Plaintiffs, v. The STATE OF FLORIDA, and Jerry Thomas, as President of the Florida Senate, Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Florida, Tampa Division.

March 31, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Frank, Tampa, Fla., Frazier, Tiballi & Schroeder, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Herbert T. Schwartz, Deputy Atty. Gen. of Fla., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants.

ORDER

HODGES, District Judge.

Article XVI, Section 19 of the Florida Constitution of 1885 (25 F.S.A. 643), which remained intact until supplanted by the new Constitution of 1968, F.S.A. provided as follows:

"§ 19. Action on proposed United States constitutional amendment; prerequisite "Section 19. No Convention nor Legislature of this State shall act upon any amendment of the Constitution of the United States proposed by Congress...

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