SANDEGREN v. STATE, ETC.

No. 58868.

397 So.2d 657 (1981)

Andrew SANDEGREN et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Florida ex rel. SARASOTA COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL BOARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Nelson and Robert C. Widman of Nelson, Hesse, Cyril, Weber, Smith & Widman, Sarasota, for appellants.

William T. Harrison, Jr., A. Lamar Matthews, Jr. and J. Michael Hartenstine of Williams, Parker, Harrison, Dietz & Getzen, Sarasota, for appellee.

William J. Roberts of Roberts & Egan, Tallahassee, for State Ass'n of County Commissioners, amicus curiae.


McDONALD, Justice.

This appeal is from the issuance of a writ of mandamus by the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court, Sarasota County. The Second District Court of Appeal transferred the case to this Court because the circuit court expressly upheld the constitutionality of chapter 394, Florida Statutes (1977). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. (1972).

Acting under chapter 394, the Baker Act, the West Coast Mental Health Board (board) contracted...

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