FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES COUNCIL 79 v. BUSH

No. 1D02-2087.

860 So.2d 992 (2003)

FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES COUNCIL 79, AFSCME, Appellant, v. John Ellis "Jeb" BUSH, as Governor of the State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry G. Traynham and Ben R. Patterson, of Patterson & Traynham, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

John-Edward Alley and Edmund J. McKenna, of Ford & Harrison LLP, Tampa; Allen J. McKenna, of Ford & Harrison LLP, Orlando; and Samuel A. Terilli, Jr., of Ford & Harrison LLP, Miami, for Appellee.

William W. Wertz, Special Counsel, Senior Assistant Attorney General and Special Advisor on Labor Issues, Tallahassee, for the Attorney General.


BARFIELD, J.

Florida Public Employees Council 79, AFSCME (hereinafter AFSCME) appeals the final judgment denying challenges to chapter 01-043, Laws of Florida, known as the "Service First" initiative, and to elements of the 2001 General Appropriations Act. The trial judge dismissed four counts of the complaint filed by AFSCME, granted summary judgment to Governor Jeb Bush as to three other counts, and denied AFSCME's cross-motion for summary judgment. We affirm in...

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