HOY v. FIRESTONE

No. 65598.

453 So.2d 814 (1984)

John J. HOY, Petitioner, v. George FIRESTONE, Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Hoy, West Palm Beach, pro per.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Mitchell D. Franks, Chief Trial Counsel and James W. Sloan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, and Marshall R. Cassedy of McFarlain, Bobo, Sternstein, Wiley & Cassedy, Tallahassee, intervenor for Nath C. Doughtie.


McDONALD, Justice.

John Hoy petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the secretary of state to place Hoy's name on the September ballot for the 1984 nonpartisan judicial elections for a newly created circuit judgeship in the fifteenth judicial circuit. We have jurisdiction, article V, section 3(b)(8), Florida Constitution, but refuse to issue the writ.

Chapter 84-303, Laws of Florida, provides for additional judges in the second, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth...

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