Case Name: THE FLORIDA BAR. In re AMENDMENT TO INTEGRATION RULE ARTICLE VIII (DUES PROCEDURE)
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-12-06
Citations: 377 So. 2d 702
Docket Number: No. 53988
Parties: THE FLORIDA BAR. In re AMENDMENT TO INTEGRATION RULE ARTICLE VIII (DUES PROCEDURE).
Judges: ENGLAND, C. J., and BOYD, OVER-TON, ALDERMAN and McDONALD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 377
Pages: DCCLXXXII–DCCLXXXV

Head Matter:
THE FLORIDA BAR. In re AMENDMENT TO INTEGRATION RULE ARTICLE VIII (DUES PROCEDURE).
No. 53988.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Dec. 6, 1979.
Clinton H. Coulter, Jr. of Duvall & Coulter, and Jack L. McLean, Jr. of Legal Services of North Florida, Inc., Tallahassee, for twenty-five (25) petitioners, as members in good standing of The Florida Bar.
L. David Shear, President, Leonard H. Gilbert, President-elect, Tampa, Marshall R. Cassedy, Executive Director, and James P. Hollaway, Asst. Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, of The Florida Bar, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This cause is before us on petition of twenty-five members in good standing of the Florida Bar pursuant to Integration Rule, article XIII (Amendments), to amend Integration Rule, article VIII (dues). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla.Const.
Petitioners seek to revamp the procedure whereby active members of the Bar approve or disapprove of increases in their annual dues. Current practice calls for a vote of those members physically present at an annual meeting. Fla. Bar Integr. Rule, Art. VIII, § 1. Petitioners propose a vote by secret mail ballot of the active members of the Bar. They are joined in their request by the Florida Government Bar Association, the Tallahassee Bar Association, and individual members of the Florida Bar.
After thorough consideration of the petition and briefs and after hearing oral argument, it is ordered that the petition be and the same is hereby denied.
ENGLAND, C. J., and BOYD, OVER-TON, ALDERMAN and McDONALD, JJ., concur.
SUNDBERG, J., concurs specially with an opinion, with which ENGLAND, C. J., concurs.
ADKINS, J., dissents with an opinion.