Hal P. Dekle

Hal Peb Dekle (November 21, 1917 – May 23, 2005) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida from January 5, 1971 to April 30, 1975.[1]

Born in Venice, Florida, Dekle entered the practice of law in 1940, becoming successful in civil practice.[2] He became a trial judge in Miami, and ran for a seat on the Florida Supreme Court in 1968, but lost in the primaries to Vassar B. Carlton.[3] However, Dekle was then elected to in 1970, following the early retirement of Justice E. Harris Drew.[3]

In 1975, Dekle was investigated along with fellow justice David McCain regarding "allegations they had intervened in cases to help friends",[2] arising "when a clerk went public with details of a lawyer for a utility writing an opinion for the justices".[4] Both justices resigned rather than face an impeachment investigation in the Florida House of Representatives.[2][5][6][7]


Dekle died in Brandon, Florida.[1]

References
  1. Erik Robinson, "Florida Supreme Court Justices: List of Life Dates", Florida Supreme Court Historical Society (June 2010).
  2. "Hal Dekle, 87, former high court justice", South Florida Sun Sentinel (May 27, 2005), 6B.
  3. Joseph A. Boyd Jr., Randall Reder, "A History of the Florida Supreme Court", University of Miami Law Review (1981), p. 1062-1063.
  4. Michael A. Genovese, Victoria A. Farrar-Myers, Corruption and American Politics (2010), p. 234.
  5. Florida Supreme Court (February 17, 1975). "In Re Dekle, 308 So. 2d 5 (1975) No. 46600". law.justia.com.
  6. Florida Supreme Court. "Justice Hal P. Dekle". floridasupremecourt.org.
  7. Michael A. Genovese (2010). "Corruption and American Politics, page 234". google.com.


Political offices
Preceded by
E. Harris Drew		 Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
1971–1975		 Succeeded by
Alan C. Sundberg


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