FINE v. FIRESTONE

No. 64739.

448 So.2d 984 (1984)

Martin FINE, Petitioner, v. George FIRESTONE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin J. Block, Stuart L. Simon and Burt S. Hellman of Fine, Jacobson, Block, Klein, Colan & Simon, and Arthur J. England, Jr. of Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Mitchell D. Franks, Chief Trial Counsel and Eric J. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

Dennis M. O'Connor, Coral Gables, amicus curiae for Floridians for Tax Relief, Florida Citizens for Tax Relief and Limit Government Committee, George Schulte, Ed Havill and Y.Y. Phillips, Jr.

Bruce Rogow, Fort Lauderdale, amicus curiae for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida.

Earl B. Hadlow and Robert J. Winicki of Mahoney, Hadlow & Adams, Jacksonville, amicus curiae for Southeastern Legal Foundation.

Scott Carruthers, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Florida Educ. Ass'n/United.

Judith A. Brechner, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Ralph D. Turlington.

Ronald A. Zumbrun, John H. Findley and Joseph E. Maloney, Sacramento, Cal., and James F. Pollack, Coral Gables, amicus curiae for Pacific Legal Foundation.

Robert E. Gibson, Tallahassee, amicus curiae.

Joseph W. Little, Gainsville, amicus curiae.


OVERTON, Justice.

Petitioner, Martin Fine, sought an extraordinary writ from the First District Court of Appeal directing the secretary of state to remove from the 1984 general election ballot a proposed constitutional amendment identified as Citizens' Choice on Government Revenue. In an opinion reported as Fine v. Firestone, 443 So.2d 253 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983), the district court declined to issue the extraordinary writ but...

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