SMITH v. ASKEW

No. Z-260.

335 So.2d 314 (1976)

George R. SMITH et al., Appellants, v. Honorable Reubin O'D. ASKEW, Etc. et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Lewis Michaels of Michaels & Patterson, Tallahassee; David C. Holloman and Treadwell & Treadwell, Arcadia, for appellants.

James G. Mahorner, Tallahassee, Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Donna Stinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

D. Stephen Kahn, Tallahassee, for amicus curiae.


SMITH, Judge.

Appellants, DeSoto County citizens aggrieved by the Governor's determination to convert part of the G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital in Arcadia into a correctional facility, assert that the legislature reserved that power to itself and that the circuit court erred in holding otherwise.

Section 14 of the Correctional Organization Act, ch. 75-49, Fla.Laws, which was passed in the waning days of the 1975 Legislature and became effective July 1,...

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