FLORIDA SENATE v. FL. PUBLIC EMP. COUNCIL 79

Nos. SC01-765, SC01-766.

784 So.2d 404 (2001)

The FLORIDA SENATE et al., Petitioners, v. FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES COUNCIL 79, AFSCME, Respondent. State of Florida, ex rel. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Petitioner, v. Florida Public Employees Council 79, AFSCME, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Richard of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioners in No. SC01-765.

Ben R. Patterson of Patterson & Traynham, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent in No. SC01-765.

Charles T. Canady, General Counsel, Executive Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, FL, for Honorable Jeb Bush, Governor of the State of Florida, Amicus Curiae.

Johnnie B. Byrd, John Dudley Goodlette, Stacy J. Ritter and John Preston Seiler, Tallahassee, FL, for Former Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives, Amici Curiae.

Joseph Egan, Jr. and Tobe Lev of Egan, Lev & Siwica, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Florida AFL-CIO, Amicus Curiae.

Charles N. D'Asaro, pro se, Bagdad, Florida, and Christine M. Walsh, pro se, Bagdad, FL, Interveners.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Thomas E. Warner, Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner in No. SC01-766.

Jerry G. Traynham and Ben R. Patterson of Patterson & Traynham, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent in No. SC01-766.


PER CURIAM.

The petitioners in these consolidated cases ask this Court to issue a writ prohibiting the circuit court from proceeding with a hearing on an order to show cause why the petitioners in case number SC01-765 should not be held in contempt for refusing to obey an order enjoining certain proceedings. The Attorney General also asks the Court to quash the orders issued by the circuit court and dismiss the pending circuit...

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