GIBSON v. FIRESTONE

No. 84-3422.

741 F.2d 1268 (1984)

Robert E. GIBSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Ed Havill, et al., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. George FIRESTONE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Mahorner, Herbert Kraft, Tallahassee, Fla., Dow N. Kirkpatrick, II, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mitchell D. Franks, Eric J. Taylor, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before HILL and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal touches upon a wide variety of complex and important issues, one of which proves to be dispositive of the dispute: did the district court abuse its discretion in refusing to enjoin the Florida Secretary of State from complying with the Florida Supreme Court's mandate to remove from the upcoming general ballot a proposed constitutional amendment that the Florida Supreme Court found violative of the state constitution. We are...

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