Case Name: Franklin D. LEWIS, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1978-09-19
Citations: 362 So. 2d 467
Docket Number: No. KK-245
Parties: Franklin D. LEWIS, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS, Respondent.
Judges: BOYER, Acting C. J., and SMITH and ERVIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 362
Pages: 467–468

Head Matter:
Franklin D. LEWIS, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS, Respondent.
No. KK-245.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Sept. 19, 1978.
J. Lofton Westmoreland and T. Sol Johnson of Johnson, Green & Westmoreland, Milton, for petitioner.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., William C. Sherrill, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
At oral argument the parties stipulated before the court that respondent would not proceed, insofar as petitioner is concerned, under Article II, Section 8 of the Florida Constitution, but would confine its purported authority to that derived from Chapter 112, Florida Statutes. Upon consideration of the petition and response, the briefs filed by the respective parties and oral argument before the court, and without addressing the merits of the controversy between the parties, we conclude that the discretionary writ of prohibition should not be granted. Accordingly, the petition for writ of prohibition is denied.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BOYER, Acting C. J., and SMITH and ERVIN, JJ., concur.