KIMBALL v. FLORIDA BAR

No. 74-668-Civ-NCR.

465 F.Supp. 925 (1979)

Harris L. KIMBALL, Plaintiff, v. The FLORIDA BAR, Earl Hadlow, President of The Florida Bar, Marshall Cassidy, Executive Director of The Florida Bar, James Urban, President-Elect of The Florida Bar, and Patrick G. Emmanuel, Douglass B. Shivers, Terry R. McDavid, C. Harris Dittmar, James E. Cobb, Andrew G. Pattillo, Jr., Howard P. Rives, Alan C. Sundberg, William E. Sherman, James E. Clayton, Russell Troutman, Lee Jay Colling, M. Craig Massey, Leland E. Stansell, Jr., Robert L. Floyd, Paul A. Louis, Edward J. Atkins, Sam I. Silver, J. B. Spence, John F. Burket, Jr., Thomas C. MacDonald, Jr., John R. Parkhill, William E. Harris, John M. Farrell, William A. Foster, Helio Gomez, Russell E. Carlisle, John S. Neely, Jr., Leon C. Stromire, John R. Gould, Earl Drayton Farr, Jr., David E. Ward, Jr., Richard H. Adams, Jr., Members of the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Florida, Ft. Lauderdale Division.

January 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Jepeway, Jr., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff.

Charles A. Kimbrell, Miami, for Florida Bar.

Darrey A. Davis, Miami, Fla., James D. Whisenand, Deputy Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants.


ORDER

ROETTGER, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE is before the court on motion by defendants to dismiss.1 Defendants claim that plaintiff's complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted; that the court lacks jurisdiction of the subject matter; that defendants are protected by a shield of immunity, and that the cause of action is barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

The court is of the opinion...

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