Green v. Board of County Commissioners, Metropolitan Dade County

We affirm the judgment of the trial court which declared that the plaintiffs, appellants herein, during the period of time (1970-1976) pertinent to this litigation, were neither Official Court Reporters nor Special Court Reporters as defined in Chapter 29, Florida Statutes, and were, accordingly, not entitled to the pay or the Court’s annual supplement1 from Dade County to which Official and Special Court Reporters were entitled.

We adopt the findings and conclusions of the trial court, which, in pertinent part, state:

“Prior to 1978 none of the Plaintiffs were ‘appointed by the governor upon…