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THE FLORIDA BAR RE AMENDMENTS TO RULES

No. 69805.

518 So.2d 251 (1987)

THE FLORIDA BAR RE AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR (REAPPORTIONMENT).

Supreme Court of Florida.

On Motion for Clarification December 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chesterfield Smith, Miami, Michael L. Rosen, Tallahassee, James H. Shimberg, Jr., Tampa, and Alan B. Morrison and Cornish F. Hitchcock, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for petitioners, Bar members.

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Tallahassee, Ray Ferrero, Jr., President, Fort Lauderdale, Rutledge R. Liles, President-elect, Jacksonville, D. Culver Smith, III, West Palm Beach, Paul F. Hill, General Counsel, Tallahassee, and Gregory P. Borgognoni and Peter W. Bellas, Miami, for Young Lawyers Div., for respondent, The Florida Bar.

John R. Varney and Robert J. Hughes, Jr., Syracuse, N.Y., Talbot D'Alemberte, Dean, College of Law, Florida State University, Tallahassee, and Henry H. Harnage, Dade County Bar Ass'n, Miami, intervenors, supporting Petition.

Thomas M. Ervin, Jr., Tallahassee, intervenor, supporting The Florida Bar.

PER CURIAM.

Numerous members of the Florida Bar have petitioned this Court to amend the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar and change the apportionment of the seats on the bar's board of governors. The board of governors has responded with an alternative proposal for reapportioning the board. We have jurisdiction pursuant to rule 1-12.1.

The board currently has forty-two members: the president and president-elect of the Florida Bar; the president and president...

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