Legal Opinion
Samaha v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided October 16, 1980No. 58015PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
389 So.2d 639 (1980)
John N. SAMAHA, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 58015.
Supreme Court of Florida.
October 16, 1980.
B. Robert Ohle, St. Petersburg, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and James S. Purdy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.
McDONALD, Justice.
John N. Samaha, an attorney, assails the constitutionality of section 440.34(5)(a), Florida Statutes (1977).[1] Art. V., § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. (1972). He was charged under that statute as a result of extracting a $5,000 fee from a workmen's compensation claimant when the said fee was not approved by the judge of industrial…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Mahon v. County of SarasotaSupreme Court of Florida · 1965
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