MAXWELL v. LEE COUNTY

No. 97-02002.

714 So.2d 1043 (1998)

Steven R. MAXWELL and John Branch Griffin, Sr., Appellants, v. LEE COUNTY, Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maria Lara Peet, Fort Myers, for Appellants.

James G. Yaeger, Lee County Attorney, and John S. Turner, Assistant County Attorney, Fort Myers, for Appellee.


CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellants, Lee County residents Steven R. Maxwell and John Brian Griffin, Sr., challenge the summary judgment entered in favor of appellee, Lee County, on appellants' challenge to the procedure used in the special elections by which Lee County voters approved the adoption of the Lee County Charter. We affirm.

The two key statutes authorizing counties to adopt a county home rule charter are sections 125.60 and 125.82(1), Florida...

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