Hillsborough County v. Pinellas County

Hillsborough County petitions for common law certiorari to review the order below denying petitioner’s motion for protective order. The motion sought to prevent the taking of the depositions of the individual Hillsborough County commissioners.

Petitioner asserts that because under the rationale of Reedy Creek Utilities Co. v. Florida Public Service Commission, 418 So.2d 249 (Fla.1982), it will ultimately prevail on the merits, the depositions are unnecessary. Petitioner also asserts that the motive and reasoning of an individual commissioner in voting is irrelevant and therefore discovery into…