State ex rel. Roundtree v. Johnson

We here consider a petition for writ of prohibition1 on relation of William H. Roundtree, a citizen and attorney (officer of the court) residing and engaging in the practice of law in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. After hearing oral argument on questions concerning the propriety of Relator’s standing to seek prohibition in this cause and concerning the merits thereof, we deem it timely and appropriate that an early decision be rendered herein on the merits.

The question presented by the petition for the writ of prohibition is whether the Honorable Clarence T. Johnson, Jr. was…