Legal Opinion

Finch v. Fitzpatrick

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 20, 1971No. 41096PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

254 So.2d 203 (1971)

Leonard FINCH, Petitioner,

v.

Hon. W.L. FITZPATRICK, As Judge of the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Washington County, Florida, Respondent.

No. 41096.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 20, 1971.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1971.

J. Ben Watkins, of Truett & Watkins, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen. T. Edward Austin, State's Atty., and Charles P. Pillans, III, Asst. State's Atty., for respondent.

ADKINS, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition or, in the alternative, quo…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Carroll v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  2. Bell v. MackeySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
  3. Walsingham v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  4. Newman v. Borough of Fair LawnSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
  5. State ex rel. Gareau v. StillmanOhio Supreme Court · 1969

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Habecker v. Nationwide InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Gonzales v. City of Belle GladeSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  3. Peoples v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  4. Austin v. State Ex Rel. ChristianSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  5. Basel v. McFarland & Sons, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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