SPINKS v. LINDSEY

No. 91-2486.

590 So.2d 24 (1991)

Hugh SPINKS, Petitioner, v. Hubert R. LINDSEY, as Circuit Judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied; Certification of Conflict and/or Question of Great Public Importance Denied January 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Randall L. Berman, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied; Certification of Conflict and/or Question of Great Public Importance Denied January 9, 1992.

PER CURIAM.

Petition for writ of prohibition denied.

STONE and GARRETT, JJ., concur.

POLEN, J., dissents with opinion.

POLEN, Judge, dissenting.

I think that this case is one where the doctrine of preemption applies. The defendant allegedly took computer programs which were copyrighted by Thomas...

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