Legal Opinion
Clean-Up '84, a Registered Political Committee v. Walter C. Heinrich, and George Firestone, Secretary of the State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 8, 1985No. 84-3581PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In this case we review the district court’s ruling that Fla.Stat. § 104.36, which prohibits the solicitation of signatures on petitions within 100 yards of a polling place on election day, is unconstitutional. We affirm.
FACTS
Clean-Up ’84 is a registered political action committee seeking to use the initiative procedure provided by Fla. Const, art. XI, § 3. 1 During the March, 1984, presidential preference primary, Clean-Up ’84 sought to use the initiative amendment process to obtain signatures for a proposed environmental rights amendment to the Florida Constitution.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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