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ADAMS v. ASKEW

No. 73-3927.

511 F.2d 700 (1975)

James R. ADAMS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Reuben O'D. ASKEW, as Governor of the State of Florida, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 21, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Holley, Naples, Fla., Jack F. White, Jr., Clearwater, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., of Fla., J. W. Chalkley, Jerry E. Oxner, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, E. Burke Jolly, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before DYER, SIMPSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants, James R. Adams, James B. Sanderlin and Jack Murphy brought suit below as a class action on behalf of all candidates for state office in Florida who qualified in 1972 by paying the filing fees imposed by Fla.Stat. Secs. 99.061, 99.092, 103.121 and 105.031(3), seeking both a declaratory decree under Title 28, U.S.C., Sec. 2201 that the statutes were unconstitutional, and a refund of the filing fees.1<...

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