FALK v. KENNEDY

No. 48,240.

332 So.2d 328 (1976)

Corrine FALK, As Widow of Judge Jack A. Falk, Deceased, Petitioner, v. Robert KENNEDY, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Louis and Paul Siegel, of Sinclair, Louis & Siegel, and Norman A. Sand, Miami, for petitioner.

David V. Kerns, L. Keith Pafford, Edward E. Kuhnel and James M. Barclay, Tallahassee, for respondents.

J. Lewis Hall, Tallahassee, for the Judicial Qualifications Commission, amicus curiae.

Richard L. Lapidus and J.B. Spence, Miami, for Dade County Bar Assn, amicus curiae.


BOYD, Justice.

Pursuant to a petition for mandamus this Court issued an alternative writ directing respondents, Director Kennedy, and Comptroller Lewis, to pay petitioner retirement benefits under Section 123.17, Florida Statutes, due her as the widow of the late Jack Falk, Circuit Judge, or to show cause why such benefits should not be paid. Respondent Lewis replies that the office of Comptroller will process such retirement benefits as are certified to it by the...

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