SWINNEY v. UNTREINER

No. 42594.

272 So.2d 805 (1973)

James Russell SWINNEY, III, Individually and On Behalf of a Class of Persons Known As the Civil Service Employees of Escambia County, Florida, Appellants, v. Royal J. UNTREINER, Sheriff of Escambia County, Florida, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Shimek, Jr., Pensacola, for appellants.

Hobart O. Worley, Jr., Pensacola, for Civil Service Board.

Richard H. Merritt, Pensacola, for Sheriff Royal J. Untreiner.


BOYD, Justice.

This cause is before us on appeal from the Circuit Court, Escambia County. The trial court in its final judgment passed on the validity of §§ 18 and 23 of Chapter 67-1370, Laws of Florida, 1967, the Escambia County Civil Service Act, giving this Court jurisdiction of the direct appeal under § 4 of Article V of the Florida Constitution, F.S.A. The pertinent sections of the Act are as follows:

Section 23: "No person holding an...

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