JUDICIAL NOMINATING COM'N, ETC. v. GRAHAM

No. 62513.

424 So.2d 10 (1982)

JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION, NINTH CIRCUIT, Petitioner, v. Robert GRAHAM, As Governor of the State of Florida, and George Firestone, As Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Opinion December 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Presnell, as Chairman of and as Counsel for the Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominating Com'n, of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Orlando, for petitioner.

Betty J. Steffens, Gen. Counsel to the Governor and Arthur R. Wiedinger, Jr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, and Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Walter M. Meginniss, Asst. Atty. Gen. and James V. Antista, Legal Counsel for Dept. of State, Tallahassee, for respondents.


Upon consideration of the Petition for Writ of Mandamus and for Injunctive Relief, it is ordered by the Court that said petition be and the same is hereby denied. A full opinion will follow.

ALDERMAN, C.J., and ADKINS, OVERTON, McDONALD and EHRLICH, JJ., concur.

BOYD, J., dissents.

OVERTON, Justice.

The Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission seeks a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable Robert Graham, Governor of the State of Florida...

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