NELSON v. ROBINSON

No. 74-1201.

301 So.2d 508 (1974)

Jeanne Khoyi NELSON, As Supervisor of Elections in Pinellas County, et al., Appellants, v. A.S. Jim ROBINSON et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gray Dunlap, County Atty. for Pinellas County, for appellants Supervisor, Canvass Board and County Commissioners.

John W. Hamilton, St. Petersburg, for appellant Belanger.

Carlton R. Reichert, St. Petersburg, for appellants Hieber, Hunsinger and Gibson.

William H. Fleece of Fleece, Rhoades & Werly, St. Petersburg, for appellees Robinson, Rackow, Jones and Polfer.

Thomas M. Woodruff, in pro per.


McNULTY, Chief Judge.

Appellees, plaintiffs below, brought this suit to invalidate five contested races in the first Republican primary election held in Pinellas County on September 10, 1974. They are all unsuccessful candidates in one or another of those races. Appellants are the Pinellas County election officials and the successful candidates in those races.

The principal issue in the case is whether appellees were denied equal protection of the law because...

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