IN RE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SENATE J. RES.

No. 79674.

601 So.2d 543 (1992)

In re CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 2G, SPECIAL APPORTIONMENT SESSION 1992.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Richard E. Doran, Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen., Gerald B. Curington, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., and George L. Waas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, for Atty. Gen.

Stephen N. Zack, Norman C. Powell and Scott L. Warfman of Zack, Hanzman, Ponce & Tucker, Miami, for Florida Senate.

Kevin X. Crowley and James A. Peters of Cobb, Cole & Bell, Tallahassee, for Florida House of Representatives.

Mark S. Levine, Tallahassee, for Simon Ferro, State Chairman, Florida Democratic Party.

George N. Meros, Jr. of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, Tallahassee, and E. Thom Rumberger and Daniel J. Gerber of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, Orlando, for interested parties, Miguel DeGrandy, Andy Ireland, Van B. Poole, Republican Party of Florida, Luis Rojas, Javier Souto, Alberto Cardenas, Luis Morse, Karen E. Butler, Jean Van Meter, Robert Woody, Mario Diaz-Balart, Casimer Smericki, Terry Ketchel, Rodolfo Garcia, Jr., Roberto Casas, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Justo Luis Pozo, Rey Velazquez, Alberto Gutman, Sgt. Augusta Carter, Ana M. Pinnellas and Carlos Valdes.

Larry K. White, Tallahassee and Brenda Wright of Lawyers' Committee for Civ. Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., for interested parties, Gwen Humphrey, Vivian Kelly, Gerald Adams, Wilmateen W. Chandler, Dr. Percy L. Goodman, Jesse L. Nipper, Moease Smith, and Carolyn L. Williams.

Parker D. Thomson and Carol A. Licko of Thomson, Muraro & Razook, P.A., Miami, for Common Cause.

Charles G. Burr of Charles G. Burr, P.A., Tampa, Harry L. Lamb of Perry & Lamb, P.A., Orlando, and Dennis Courtland Hayes and Willie Abrams, NAACP Sp. Contribution Fund, Baltimore, Md., for Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches.

Henry C. Hunter and Charles E. Vanture, Tallahassee, and Rodney G. Gregory of the Law Offices of Rodney G. Gregory, Jacksonville, for interested parties, Darryl Reaves, Corrine Brown and James Hargarett.

Senator Pat Thomas, pro se.

Martha W. Barnett, David E. Cardwell, Scott D. Makar and Ana Cristina Martinez of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, for Chesterfield Smith.

Charlene Miller Carres, Tallahassee, President of Florida Women's Political Caucus, Bay Area Women's Consortium, and Florida Nat. Organization for Women.

Senator S. Curtis Kiser, pro se.


GRIMES, Justice.

On May 13, 1992, this Court approved Senate Joint Resolution 2G apportioning the Legislature of the State of Florida. In re Constitutionality of Senate Joint Resolution 2G, 597 So.2d 276 (Fla. 1992). On June 16, 1992, the United States Department of Justice, pursuant to its authority under section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act,1 objected to the Senate apportionment plan with...

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