DOUGLAS v. JONES

No. 1D19-954.

297 So.3d 713 (2020)

Judge Wesley DOUGLAS and the Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Appellants, v. Verdell Terria JONES; P. Dewitt Cason, in his official capacity as Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Columbia County, Florida; and Barry A. Baker, in his official capacity as Clerk of the Circuit Court for Suwanee County, Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, and Bilal Ahmed Faruqui , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellants.

No appearance for Appellees.


The issue presented is the appropriate hourly rate payable to attorneys working for the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) who litigate cases involving the filing of false instruments in official records against public officers in the judicial, legislative, and executive branches. In 2013, the Legislature enacted a new law, section 817...

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