ESCAMBIA COUNTY v. BEHR

Nos. 53572, 55280.

384 So.2d 147 (1980)

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Petitioner, v. Jack BEHR, Etc., Respondents. Paul BAKER, Etc., et al., Petitioners, v. DADE COUNTY, Etc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Fleming, Pensacola, for petitioner, Escambia County.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Randy Schwartz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondents Jack Behr, etc.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Miami, for amici curiae Florida Public Defenders Ass'n.

William K. Howell, Jr., Sr. Asst. County Atty., DeLand, for amici curiae Volusia County.

Wilson W. Wright and William J. Roberts, Tallahassee, for amici curiae State Ass'n of County Commissioners.

Marilyn C. Wolf, Asst. County Atty., Gainesville, for amici curiae Alachua County.

Mallory H. Horton of Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, Miami, for petitioners, Paul Baker et al.

Stuart L. Simon, Dade County Atty., and Stephen P. Lee, Asst. County Atty., Miami, for respondents Dade County, etc.


BOYD, Justice.

These cases are before the Court on petitions for certiorari to review district court decisions and have been consolidated for purposes of this opinion. In case no. 53,572 we accepted jurisdiction on the ground that the decision of the District Court of Appeal, First District, affects a class of constitutional state officers. In case no. 55,280, the District Court of Appeal, Third District, certified that its decision passed upon a question of great...

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