FLA. HIGH SCH. ACTIV. ASS'N, INC. v. THOMAS

No. 61815.

434 So.2d 306 (1983)

THE FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION, INC., Anthony Pariso, and Fred Cooley, Petitioners, v. George THOMAS, by and through His Mother and Best Friend, Mamie Thomas, Etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Duncan of Clayton, Duncan, Johnston, Quincey, Ireland, Fedder & Gadd, Gainesville, and George W. Chesrow, Richard P. Cole and John P. Joy of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, Miami, for petitioners.

Richard M. Dunn, Miami, for respondents.

Judith A. Brechner, General Counsel, State Board of Education, Tallahassee, for Department of Education, amicus curiae.


ADKINS, Justice.

The Florida High School Activities Association, hereinafter referred to as the FHSAA, seeks the review of a decision of the Third District Court of Appeal which declared Rule 5 of the FHSAA football contest regulations unconstitutional under the Florida Constitution's equal protection clause, article I, section 2. The Florida High School Activities Association v. Thomas, 409 So.2d 245 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982)....

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