BUFORD SHEFFIELD, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Kelly v. Gill, 544 So. 2d 1162 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989)
  …y procedural right {i.e., § 112.532(4), Fla.Stat. (1985)). A statute cannot create a property interest unless it lists the specific grounds for discharge or states that an employee can only be dismissed for just cause. Ragucci v. City of Plantation, 407 So. 2d 932 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981). A statutory provision that requires minimal procedural steps prior to termination will not in and of itself create a property interest in continued employment. Zeigler v. Jackson, 716 F. 2d 847 (11th Cir.1983). Even assuming tha…
• Sutor v. Cochran, 687 So. 2d 897 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)
  …mination provisions in a statute where the statute lists specific grounds for discharge or states that the employee can be discharged only for just cause. See Thomason v. McDaniel, 793 F. 2d 1247, 1249 (11th Cir.1986); Ragucci v. City of Plantation, 407 So. 2d 932, 935 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981). As to whether or not a property interest in appointment is created by a state statute, see generally Coyne v. City of Somerville, 972 F. 2d 440 (1st Cir.1992).…
• Hearn v. The City OF Gainesville & Richard C. Corriveau, 688 F.2d 1328 (11th Cir. 1982)
  …e can only be terminated for just cause, Florida courts hold that the employee has a property right of which he cannot be deprived without due process. Laney v. Holbrook, 150 Fla. 622, 8 So. 2d 465, 467 (1942). Accord, Ragucci v. City of Plantation, 407 So. 2d 932, 935 (Fla.App.1981); cf. West v. Board of Commissioners, Monroe County, 373 So. 2d 83 (Fla.App.1979). Gainesville’s Personnel Policy No. 192 provides that a permanent employee may be dismissed “only for cause as outlined in the Code of Conduct of D…

Authorities Cited

• Fredford James Eutsey v. State, 383 So. 2d 219 (Fla. 1980)
• State v. Barber, 301 So. 2d 7 (Fla. 1974)
• Shifrin v. State, 210 So. 2d 18 (Fla. 3d DCA 1968)
• Young v. State, 305 So. 2d 307 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974)
• Renaldo Jones v. State, 387 So. 2d 401 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980)