MILTON v. SMATHERS

No. 51041.

389 So.2d 978 (1980)

Morris W. MILTON, Charles Shorter, S. Curtis Kiser, Lorraine Quinn, and Pamela A. Meacomes, Petitioners, v. Bruce M. SMATHERS, As Secretary of State of Florida; and Charles J. Kaniss, As Supervisor of Elections of Pinellas County, Florida, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Dunbar of Dunbar, Dunbar & Roman, Dunedin, S. Curtis Kiser of Kurland, Johnson & Kiser, Clearwater, and Morris W. Milton of Williams & Milton, St. Petersburg, for petitioners.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Joseph A. Linnehan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Thomas C. Schiereck, Asst. County Atty., for Pinellas County, Clearwater, for respondents.

Dennis J. Wall, Gainesville, for amicus curiae.

John E. Mathews, Jr. and Jack W. Shaw, Jr. of Mathews, Osborne, Ehrlick, McNatt, Gobelman & Cobb, Jacksonville, for Donald Tucker and Lew Brantley, intervenors.


ALDERMAN, Justice.

Pursuant to the procedures established by In re Apportionment Law, Senate Joint Resolution 1305, 263 So.2d 797, 822 (Fla. 1972), in an original proceeding, petitioners, Morris Milton and Charles Shorter, challenged the constitutional validity of Senate Joint Resolution 1305 as it applied to them in multimember House Districts 57-61 on its effective date. We found that their petition stated sufficient allegations...

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