Perry v. Career Service Commission

Petitioners in these consolidated petitions for review present to us identical questions *731concerning the reasonableness of attorneys’ fees awarded to them pursuant to Section 110.061(3), Florida Statutes (1975), upon their reinstatement to their former positions. Petitioner Butler raises an additional question, not raised by Perry, as to whether Florida’s Administrative Procedure Act mandates an evidentiary hearing as to the reasonableness of the fee assessed.

Following petitioners’ reinstatements, the Commission retained jurisdiction for the purpose of awarding an attorney’s fee, stating the…