Legal Opinion
Doe v. State of Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided September 28, 1990No. 89-6362-CIVPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER OF FINAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
MARCUS, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE has come before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. At issue in the case is the constitutionality of Article V, Section 12 of the Florida Constitution in so far as it bars the disclosure of the fact that a complaint against a judge has been filed with the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission (hereinafter “JQC”).
The suit was triggered when, in May 1989, the Plaintiff, John Doe, a practicing Florida attorney, filed a complaint with the JQC against a county court judge who allegedly discriminated in…
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