Legal Opinion · Dissent

Florida Bar re Dunagan

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided November 30, 2000No. SC95720Published

1DissentHarding, J.

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s opinion regarding the reinstatement issue, and I would follow the referee’s disciplinary recommendation that Dunagan not be reinstated at this time.

While I recognize the Court’s broader scope of review regarding the referee’s recommendation regarding discipline, we *963have previously stated “we will not second-guess a referee’s recommended discipline so long as that discipline has a reasonable basis in existing caselaw.” Florida Bar v. Vining, 761 So.2d 1044, 1048 (Fla.2000) (quoting Florida Bar v. Lecznar, 690 So.2d 1284, 1288 (Fla.1997)).

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. The Florida Bar v. LecznarSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  2. The Florida Bar v. ViningSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  3. Florida Bar re JahnSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  4. Petition of WolfSupreme Court of Florida · 1972
  5. Florida Bar Re WebsterSupreme Court of Florida · 1994

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