WEBER v. SMATHERS

No. 50327.

338 So.2d 819 (1976)

Charles H. WEBER, As Citizen, Taxpayer, and Elector of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. Bruce A. SMATHERS, As Secretary of State of the State of Florida, and the Sunshine Amendment, Inc., Intervenor, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 11, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh M. Taylor, Quincy, of Bryant, Dickens, Franson & Miller, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., James D. Whisenand, Deputy Atty. Gen., William C. Sherrill, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Donald M. Middlebrooks, Gen. Counsel, Orlando, for appellee.

John E. Mathews, Jr., and Jack W. Shaw, Jr., of Mathews, Osborne, Ehrlich, McNatt, Gobelman & Cobb, Jacksonville, for intervenor.


OVERTON, Chief Justice.

This cause is before us on appeal from a circuit court order of dismissal with prejudice that directly construed provisions of the Florida Constitution. We have jurisdiction.1

On July 29, 1976, appellee/defendant Bruce Smathers, Secretary of State, certified that enough electors had signed a petition to place on the ballot for the upcoming general election the following proposed amendment to the Florida...

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