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TROMBETTA v. STATE OF FLORIDA

No. 72-182-Civ. T-H.

353 F.Supp. 575 (1973)

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.

January 29, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Barry Scott Richard, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Florida, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

HODGES, District Judge.

At the time this suit was filed the plaintiffs were members of the Florida Legislature and the Congress had just submitted for ratification by the state a proposed Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the Federal Constitution. Plaintiffs complained that legislative action on the proposed amendment was impeded by Article X, Section 1 of the Florida Constitution of 1968 (25 F.S.A. p. 729), and they sought a summary decree declaring...

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