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THE FLORIDA BAR RE AMEND. TO RULE 2-9.3

No. 70990.

526 So.2d 688 (1988)

THE FLORIDA BAR RE AMENDMENT TO RULE 2-9.3 (LEGISLATIVE POLICIES).

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Tallahassee, Ray Ferrero, Jr., President, Fort Lauderdale, Rutledge R. Liles, President-elect, Jacksonville, Roger Staley, Chairman, Rules and Bylaws Committee, Fort Lauderdale, John A. Boggs, Director of Lawyer Regulation, Tallahassee, Paul F. Hill, Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, and Barry Richard of Roberts, Baggett, LaFace & Richard, Tallahassee, for petitioner, The Florida Bar.

Walter M. Meginniss, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, amicus curiae.

PER CURIAM.

The issue in this case is whether we should permit a proposed amendment to rule 2-9.3, legislative policies, Rules Regulating the Florida Bar, to become effective. This amendment sets forth a procedure and potential remedy for bar members who question the propriety of the use of bar dues to support legislative positions approved by the bar's board of governors. The proposal was made, in part at least, as the result of litigation brought by a member of...

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