Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1978

Dempsey v. State Retirement Commission

Dempsey v. State Retirement Commission
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided January 26, 1978 · Boyer, Ervin, Mills
354 So. 2d 913 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Dempsey v. State Retirement Commission

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Petition for review is DENIED. See Shields v. Division of Retirement et al., 352 So.2d 1239 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977).

MILLS and ERVIN, JJ., concur. BOYER, Acting C. J., concurring specially.

Concurring Opinion

BOYER, Acting Chief Judge,

concurring specially.

I concur with the majority, but only in deference to the doctrine of stare decisis and the majority of another panel of this court. Had I been a member of the panel considering Shields v. Division of Retirement, cited above, I would have agreed with the well reasoned and articulated dissent authored by Judge Rawls. However, I was not a member of that panel and it is clear that the decision in that case is determinative here.

Further, in my view, Shields v. Division of Retirement and this decision affects a class of constitutional or state officers and passes upon a question of great public interest and should therefore be reviewed by the Supreme Court of Florida pursuant to Art. V, Sec. 3(b)(3) of the Constitution of the State of Florida.

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