SMITH v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 80438.

606 So.2d 618 (1992)

Jim SMITH, etc., Appellant, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Louis F. Hubener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellant.

Barry Richard, Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, Tallahassee, for appellees American Airlines, Inc., Delta Airlines, Inc., Flagship Airlines, Inc., Northwest Airlines, Inc., United Air Lines, Inc. and USAIR, Inc.

John R. LaCapra, Coral Gables, and Cass D. Vickers and Robert S. Goldman, Messer, Vickers, Caparello, Madsen, Lewis, Goldman & Metz, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellees Florida Ports Council, Inc., Panama City Port Authority, Port Everglades Authority, Gatx Terminals Corp. and Hvide Shipping, Inc.

S. LaRue Williams, Kinsey Vincent Pyle, P.A., Daytona Beach, amicus curiae, for Terence M. Brown.


GRIMES, Justice.

Jim Smith, acting in his official capacity as Secretary of State, appeals a circuit court's order finding the ballot summary for Proposition 7, scheduled to appear on the November 1992 general election ballot, to be fatally defective. The First District Court of Appeal certified that this case presents a question of great public importance requiring immediate resolution by this Court in light of the upcoming election. We have jurisdiction under article...

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