PLEUS v. CRIST

No. SC09-565.

14 So.3d 941 (2009)

Robert J. PLEUS, Jr., Petitioner, v. Charles J. CRIST, Jr., Governor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talbot C. D'Alemberte of D'Alemberte and Palmer, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Jason Gonzalez, Gerald B. Curington, Erik M. Figlio, and Carly A. Hermanson, Executive Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.

Siobhan Helene Shea, Chair, Appellate Practice Section, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Appellate Practice Section, The Florida Bar; Keersten Heskin Martinez of Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley and Dunlap, P.A., Orlando, FL, and Joyce C. Fuller of J.C. Fuller, P.A., Winter Park, FL, on behalf of The Central Florida Association of Women Lawyers; and Charles E. "Chuck" Hobbs, II, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of The Florida State Conference of Branches of the NAACP, as Amici Curiae.


LABARGA, J.

Petitioner Robert J. Pleus, Jr., a retired judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeal, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this Court seeking an order compelling Governor Crist to fill the vacancy created in the Fifth District Court of Appeal by the Petitioner's mandatory resignation.1 The issue raised by the petition concerns the extent of the Governor's authority in making judicial appointments under the Florida Constitution...

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