Florida High School Activities Ass'n v. Thomas ex rel. Thomas

ADKINS, Justice.

The Florida High School Activities Association, hereinafter referred to as the FHSAA, seeks the review of a decision of the Third District Court of Appeal which declared Rule 5 of the FHSAA football contest regulations unconstitutional under the Florida Constitution’s equal protection clause, article I, section 2. The Florida High School Activities Association v. Thomas, 409 So.2d 245 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). The Third District Court of Appeal certified its decision to this Court as passing upon a matter of great public importance. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V,…