SCHOOL BD. OF PALM BEACH CTY. v. WINCHESTER

No. 76345.

565 So.2d 1350 (1990)

SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, Florida, Petitioner, v. Jackie WINCHESTER, Supervisor of Elections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abbey G. Hairston, Palm Beach Gardens, for appellant.

Denise Distel, Asst. County Atty., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Steven A. Mayans of Moyle, Flanigan, Katz, Fitzgerald & Sheehan, P.A., West Palm Beach, amicus curiae for the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches, Inc.

Thomas G. Pye of Thomas G. Pye, P.A., Boca Raton, amicus curiae for Eric J. Johnson, Candidate for School Bd., Dist. Six, Palm Beach County.


PER CURIAM.

In Kane v. Robbins, 556 So.2d 1381 (Fla. 1989), this Court held that a special law providing for the nonpartisan election of Martin County School Board members was invalid. As a consequence, the School Board of Palm Beach County filed a complaint for declaratory relief seeking a determination of the validity of chapter 71-393, Laws of Florida, under which its members are elected. In the Kane decision, the...

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