MacKENZIE v. SUPER KIDS BARGAIN STORE, INC.

Nos. 74798, 74800.

565 So.2d 1332 (1990)

Honorable Mary Ann MacKENZIE, Petitioner, v. SUPER KIDS BARGAIN STORE, INC., Respondent. Honorable Mary Ann MacKENZIE, Petitioner, v. Arthur BREAKSTONE and Beach Enterprises, Ltd., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade County Atty., and Roy Wood, Asst. County Atty., Miami, for petitioner.

Murray B. Weil, Jr. of Shapiro and Weil, Miami Beach, for Super Kids Bargain Store, Inc.

William J. Berger of Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, and Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, for Arthur Breakstone and Beach Enterprises, Ltd.

Ronald A. Labasky and Keith C. Tischler of Parker, Skelding, Labasky and Corry, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Conference of Circuit Judges.

Barry Richard of Roberts, Baggett, LaFace & Richard, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for The Florida Bar.

Charles H. Baumberger, President, and Gregory P. Borgognoni of Tew, Jorden & Schulte, Miami, amicus curiae for Dade County Bar Ass'n.

Edith Broida, Miami Beach, in pro. per., amicus curiae.


EHRLICH, Justice.

We have for review Breakstone v. MacKenzie, 561 So.2d 1164 (Fla. 1989), in which the Third District Court of Appeal granted en banc consideration of two petitions for writs of prohibition. The question common to the two petitions is whether disqualification of a judge is required on motion where an attorney appearing before the trial judge had made a $500 contribution to the political campaign of the trial...

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