Case Name: Robert F. HANSMAN, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Stanton S. KAPLAN, Circuit Court Judge, In and For Broward County, and the State of Florida, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-05-11
Citations: 636 So. 2d 199
Docket Number: Nos. 94-0703, 94-0760
Parties: Robert F. HANSMAN, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Stanton S. KAPLAN, Circuit Court Judge, In and For Broward County, and the State of Florida, Respondents.
Judges: HERSEY, POLEN and KLEIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 636
Pages: 199–199

Head Matter:
Robert F. HANSMAN, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Stanton S. KAPLAN, Circuit Court Judge, In and For Broward County, and the State of Florida, Respondents.
Nos. 94-0703, 94-0760.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 11, 1994.
Robert H. Trachman, Law Offices of Robert H. Trachman, Fort Lauderdale, and Bradley E. Lolus, Bradley E. Lolus, P.A., Lauderhill, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Petitioner seeks writs of prohibition in these consolidated cases based on his motions for disqualification of the trial judge, which were denied. Although the facts on which these disqualifications were sought were based on information communicated to the judge, and not on any conduct of the judge other than having received the information, we conclude that the communications and the circumstances under which they were received by the judge require disqualification.
The writs of prohibition are granted and the orders denying disqualification are quashed.
HERSEY, POLEN and KLEIN, JJ., concur.