Case Name: Herman W. GOLDNER, Appellant, v. Tom ADAMS, as Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1964-09-28
Citations: 167 So. 2d 575
Docket Number: No. 33709
Parties: Herman W. GOLDNER, Appellant, v. Tom ADAMS, as Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ROBERTS, THORNAL, CALDWELL and HOBSON (Ret.), JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 167
Pages: 575–576

Head Matter:
Herman W. GOLDNER, Appellant, v. Tom ADAMS, as Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Appellee.
No. 33709.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Sept. 28, 1964.
Wm. Reece Smith, Jr., and Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, Tampa, for appellant.
James W. Kynes, Atty. Gen., and Joseph C. Jacobs, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Chancellor below denied an injunction prohibiting the submission of House Joint Resolution No. 5-X-63 to the electorate of Florida in the General Election to be held November 3, 1964. Historically, this Court has declined to interfere with the right of the electorate to act upon a proposed constitutional amendment absent a clear showing that the proposal contravenes existing controlling organic prescriptions. Gray v. Moss, 115 Fla. 701, 156 So. 262 (1934).
It is our view that it has not been demonstrated in this record that the instant proposal is so clearly and conclusively defective as to justify the intervention of this Court by the exercise of the extreme power of injunction. Being so persuaded, we are led to conclude that the decree of the Chancellor must be affirmed.
It is so ordered.
ROBERTS, THORNAL, CALDWELL and HOBSON (Ret.), JJ., concur.
DREW, C. J., concurs specially with opinion.
SEBRING (Ret.), J., dissents.