Supreme Court of Florida
COOK v. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, SC00-1745, SC00-1908
Because Article VI, section 4(a) of the Florida Constitution provides the only disqualifications applicable to the county offices established by article VIII, section 1(d), a charter county's imposition of a "term limit" provision upon county officer positions authorized by Article VIII, section 1(d) is unconstitutional attempt to impose an additional disqualification from election to office.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/23/2002
- Published 05/23/2002
Judges
- WELLS, C.J.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Raymond Ehrlich and Scott D. Makar of Holland & Knight, LLP, and Richard G. Rumrell and Lindsey C. Brock, III of Rumrell, Wagner & Costabel, LLP, Jacksonville, FL, for Petitioner in No. SC00-1745., Thomas E. Warner, Solicitor General, and T. Kent Wetherell, II, Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and the State of Florida, Amicus Curiae., Sarah Richardson, Senior Assistant County Attorney, Clearwater, FL, for Petitioners in SC00-1908.
- For Appellees:
- Richard A. Mullaney, General Counsel, and Loree L. French, Assistant General Counsel, Jacksonville, FL, for Respondents in SC00-1745., Michael S. Hooker and Guy P. McConnell of Glenn, Rasmussen, Fogarty & Hooker, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Respondent in SC00-1908.