WILLIAMS v. HOWARD

No. 48040.

329 So.2d 277 (1976)

J.H. "Jim" WILLIAMS, As Secretary of the Department of Administration, et al., Appellants, v. Ray E. HOWARD et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 26, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Thomas A. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., David V. Kerns of the Department of Administration, and Arthur C. Canaday, Tallahassee, Gen. Counsel to the Governor, for appellants.

David H. McClain, of McClain & Walkley, and Mark R. Hawes, Tampa, for appellees.

Michael McK. Wilson and David A. Barrett, Tallahassee, for Donald L. Tucker, Barry Kutun, Robert C. Hector, Donald F. Haxelton and Robert McKnight, amicus curiae.


SUNDBERG, Justice.

This matter comes to us on direct appeal from the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit in and for Leon County, Florida. We have jurisdiction of the appeal pursuant to Article V, Section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution, in that the trial court declared unconstitutional Subsection 20.315(6), Florida Statutes, which was enacted by Chapter 75-49, Laws of Florida.1

Appellees brought suit under the Declaratory...

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