Legal Opinion
Graham v. Ramani
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 1, 1980No. 57076PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
383 So.2d 634 (1980)
Robert GRAHAM et al., Appellants,
v.
Gul T. RAMANI, Appellee.
No. 57076.
Supreme Court of Florida.
May 1, 1980.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Pamela L. Lutton and Martin S. Friedman, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellants.
Joel V. Lumer, Miami, for appellee.
ALDERMAN, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order of the trial court declaring unconstitutional that part of section 117.01, Florida Statutes (1977),[1] requiring notaries public to be citizens of the United States. We affirm the trial court and hold that the citizenship requirement of section 117.01(1) violates the equal…
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