State ex rel. Florida Department of Natural Resources v. District Court of Appeal of Florida

This is an original proceeding in which the Florida Department of Natural Resources, Reubin O’D. Askew, Governor, Robert L. Shevin, Attorney General, Doyle Conner, Commissioner of Agriculture, Thomas D. O’Malley, Treasurer, Ralph D. Turlington, Commissioner of Education, Gerald Lewis, Comptroller, and Bruce A. Smathers, Secretary of State, seek a writ of prohibition to prohibit the District Court of Appeal, Second District, from purporting to exercise jurisdiction to entertain Case No. 77-464 on its docket. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Article V, Section 3(b)(4), Florida Constitution.

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