Legal Opinion
Fair v. Kirk
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided September 15, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 1611PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
Jim Fair, former Supervisor of Elections in Hillsborough County, Florida, here challenges the constitutionality of article IV, section 7 of the Florida Constitution.1 In this proceeding before a three-judge district court,2 Fair claims that this constitutional provision, under which Governor Claude Kirk suspended him from office, violates the due process clause of the United States Constitution. Specifically, he contends that article IV, section 7 denied him the opportunity to be heard and to refute the allegations against him, prior to the governor’s suspension order.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In the Matter of Del RioMichigan Supreme Court · 1978
- Slawik v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1984
- Mattern v. WeinbergerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- Roy v. JonesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- Dahlinger v. Town Board of Town of DelavanDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1974
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