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MATTER OF THE FLORIDA BAR

No. 52843.

355 So.2d 426 (1978)

In the matter of THE FLORIDA BAR (Reapportion — Board of Governors), Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 9, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Troutman, President, The Florida Bar, Winter Park, Robert L. Floyd, President-Elect, The Florida Bar, Miami, Joel H. Sharp, Jr., Chairman, Integration Rule and Bylaws Committee and Special Study Committee on Reapportionment, Orlando and Marshall R. Cassedy, Executive Director, and William B. Wiley, Asst. Legislative Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

A.J. Thomas, Jr., President, Broward County Bar Ass'n, and Russell E. Carlisle, Chairman, Committee for Fair Apportionment, Fort Lauderdale, for Broward County Bar Ass'n.

James F. Crowder, Jr., President, Miami, for Dade County Bar Ass'n.

Enoch J. Whitney, President, Tallahassee, for Fla. Government Bar Ass'n.

Ken W. Davis, President, C. Gary Williams, President-Elect, and Kathleen Frances Dekker, Member, Tallahassee, for Tallahassee Bar Ass'n.

A.J. Barranco, Jr., President, Miami, and John Frost, President-Elect, Bartow, for The Young Lawyers Section.

Bruce Harper, President, Miami, for Dade County Young Lawyers Section.

Michael J. McNerney, President, Fort Lauderdale, for Broward County Lawyers Section, The Florida Bar.

PER CURIAM.

The Board of Governors of The Florida Bar has asked the Court to amend Article III of the Integration Rule, and the By-laws thereunder, to reapportion and expand the membership of the Board. The genesis of the Board's proposal is three years of pressure for more proportionate representation on the Board among the state's lawyers, principally from Dade, Broward and Leon County attorneys. The proposal brought to us is the result of analysis by the Board...

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