In re ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL — SAVE OUR EVERGLADES.
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May 26, 1994.
May 26, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Louis F. Hubener, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Jon L. Mills and Fletcher N. Baldwin, Jr., Gainesville, for Save Our Everglades Committee.
W. Dexter Douglass and Gary L. Printy of Douglass, Powell & Rudolph, Tallahassee, for Florida Audubon Society, in support of petitioner.
Cecilia F. Renn, Vice President and General Counsel, and Julian Clarkson and Susan L. Turner of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, for Associated Industries of Florida, opposing proposed amendment.
Howell L. Ferguson of Landers & Parsons, Tallahassee, Bruce S. Rogow and Beverly A. Pohl, Ft. Lauderdale, and William B. Killian of Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, for Flo-Sun, Inc., opposing proposed amendment.
Stanley James Brainerd and Kenneth R. Hart and R. Stan Peeler of MacFarlane, Ausley, Ferguson & McMullen, Tallahassee, for Florida Chamber of Commerce, opposing proposed amendment.
Terry Cole and Timothy P. Atkinson of Oertel, Hoffman, Fernandez & Cole, P.A., Tallahassee, for Florida Fruit and Vegetable Ass'n, opposing proposed amendment.
Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, and Judith S. Kavanaugh of Earl, Blank, Kavanaugh & Stotts, P.A., for The Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc., opposing proposed amendment.
Robert P. Smith of Hopping, Boyd, Green & Sams, Tallahassee, for Sugar Cane Growers Co-op of Florida, Inc., opposing proposed amendment.
Cass D. Vickers, Robert S. Goldman and Thomas M. Findley of Messer, Vickers, Caparello, Madsen, Lewis, Goldman & Metz, P.A., Tallahassee, for U.S. Sugar Corp., opposing proposed amendment.
Arthur J. England, Jr., Barry S. Richard and Christopher L. Kurzner of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., Miami, for Florida Farmers for Fairness Committee, opposing proposed amendment.
Supreme Court of Florida.
SHAW, Justice.
The Attorney General has requested this Court to review a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution. We have jurisdiction. Art. IV, § 10; art. V, § 3(b)(10), Fla. Const. We find the proposed amendment defective and order it stricken from the ballot.
I. FACTS
The Florida Attorney General has petitioned this Court for an advisory opinion on the validity of an initiative petition circulated pursuant to article XI, section...
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