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DAVIS v. ADAMS

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400 U.S. 1203 (1970)

91 S.Ct. 1

27 L.Ed.2d 20

DAVIS, v. ADAMS, SECRETARY OF STATE OF FLORIDA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided August 5, 1970.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK, Circuit Justice.

The State of Florida has enacted a law that requires the incumbent of a state elective office to resign before he can become a candidate for another office. Fla. Laws 1970, c. 70-80. The validity of this enactment is challenged because the Florida Secretary of State has applied it to bar the candidacies for the United States House of Representatives of William E. Davis, currently sheriff of Escambia County, Florida, and James J...

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