Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services v. Broward County

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• finding that an agency head should not be subject to deposition over objection “unless and until the opposing parties have exhausted other discovery ... ”
• holding an agency head should not be subject to deposition unless opposing parties have exhausted other discovery and can demonstrate “the agency head is uniquely able to provide relevant information which cannot be obtained from other sources”
• “To hold otherwise would, as argued by the department, subject agency heads to being deposed in virtually every rule challenge proceeding, to the detriment of the efficient operation of the agency in particular and state government as a whole.”
• “To hold otherwise would, as argued by the department, subject agency heads to being deposed in virtually every rule challenge proceeding, to the detriment of the efficient operation of the agency in particular and state government as a whole.”

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