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ASKEW v. SCHUSTER

No. 48137.

331 So.2d 297 (1976)

Honorable Reubin O'D. ASKEW, Governor of the State of Florida, et al., Appellants, v. Joel Edward SCHUSTER et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Donna Holshouser Stinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellants.

Harry Lewis Michaels, Tallahassee, David C. Holloman and John H. Treadwell, Arcadia, for appellees.

D. Stephen Kahn, Tallahassee, for Lew Brantley, Tom Gallen, Julian B. Lane and Guy Spicola, amicus curiae.

ROBERTS, Justice.

We have for review by direct appeal a final judgment by the Circuit Court in and for DeSoto County holding the latter portion of Section 945.025(3), Florida Statutes, relating to the conversion of G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital to be unconstitutional. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Article V, Section 3(b)(1), Constitution of Florida.

Appellees, mental patients at G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital, a mental hospital in Arcadia, Florida...

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