Six finalists out of only nine applicants were selected for an open circuit judge seat in the 7 th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, which covers Volusia, Flagler, St. Johns and Putnam counites.

“Although it was the employees who suffered the brunt of the harm, they are nowhere to be found in this case,” wrote Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, joined by Judge Allison Jones Rushing. The U.S.