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BURTON v. STATE OF GA.

Nos. 90-9021, 91-8245.

953 F.2d 1266 (1992)

Tina M. BURTON, a citizen and taxpayer of the State of Georgia; Georgia Citizens Action and Common Cause/Georgia, organizations interested in the rights of victims and truthfulness in government, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF GEORGIA; Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General; Zell Miller, Governor; and Max Cleland, Secretary of State, Defendants-Appellants. Tina M. BURTON, a citizen and taxpayer of the State of Georgia; Georgia Citizens Action and Common Cause/Georgia, organizations interested in the rights of victims and truthfulness in government, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE OF GEORGIA; Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General; Zell Miller, Governor; and Max Cleland, Secretary of State, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Hobbs, Charles M. Richards and George P. Shingler, Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for State of Ga., Michael Bowers, Atty. Gen., Zell Miller, Governor and Max Cleland, Secretary of State.

Kenneth S. Canfield and Ralph I. Knowles, Doffermyre, Shields & Canfield, Atlanta, Ga., for Tina M. Burton, et al.

Before EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge, JOHNSON and SMITH, Senior Circuit Judges.

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

In this case we must decide whether the ballot language selected by Georgia's legislature for a proposed amendment to the state's constitution was so misleading to voters as to justify a federal court's invalidating the outcome of a state referendum on the amendment. We conclude that the ballot language was not misleading and affirm the district court's denial of relief.

I.

The proposed amendment, which is set out in full...

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