METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY v. SANTOS

No. 82-1969.

430 So.2d 506 (1983)

METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. Reydel "Sonny" SANTOS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ginsburg, County Atty. and Murray A. Greenberg, Asst. County Atty., for appellant.

Entin, Schwartz, Dion & Sclafani and Spencer D. Levine, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Dade County appeals from a final declaratory judgment invalidating a section of the Dade County Home Rule Charter which requires that a county employee forfeit his position when he qualifies for elective office. We conclude that this provision is not in conflict with any Florida statute and therefore reverse the contrary determination below.

On undisputed facts, the appellee Santos, a Dade County firefighter who was discharged when he...

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