CITY OF MIAMI BEACH v. GALBUT

No. 80780.

626 So.2d 192 (1993)

CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, Petitioner, v. Russell GALBUT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence Feingold, City Attorney and Jean K. Olin, First Asst. City Atty., Miami Beach, for petitioner.

David H. Nevel, Miami Beach, for respondent.

Philip C. Claypool, Gen. Counsel and Julia Cobb Costas, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for State of Florida Com'n on Ethics.


KOGAN, Justice.

We have for review Galbut v. City of Miami Beach, 605 So.2d 466 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992), in which the court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

WHETHER THE ANTI-NEPOTISM LAW PROHIBITS THE APPOINTMENT OF A CITY COMMISSIONER'S RELATIVE TO THE CITY'S BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WHERE (1) APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE BY A FIVE-SEVENTHS VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION; (2) THE RELATED CITY COMMISSIONER...

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