Legal Opinion
Keane v. Andrews
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided January 17, 1990No. 89-3289PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
555 So.2d 940 (1990)
Moulton KEANE, M.D., Petitioner,
v.
Honorable Robert Lance ANDREWS, Respondent.
No. 89-3289.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
January 17, 1990.
Esther E. Galicia of George, Hartz & Lundeen, P.A., Coral Gables, for petitioner.
No response required by respondent.
2Per curiam
The issue presented by the petition for writ of prohibition is whether or not a trial judge is required to disqualify himself where counsel for a litigant before him, as well as several members of counsel's firm, have each made $500 campaign contributions to the campaign of the trial judge.
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