APTHORP v. DETZNER

No. 1D14-3592.

162 So.3d 236 (2015)

James APTHORP, Appellant, v. Kenneth W. DETZNER, In his Capacity as Florida Secretary of State, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talbot D'Alemberte and Patsy Palmer of D'Alemberte & Palmer, PLLC, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Florence Beth Snyder , Tallahassee, Amici Curiae for Common Cause of Florida, Lance DeHaven-Smith, Allan Milledge, Jon Mills, David Colburn, and Joseph Little, in support of Appellant.

Christopher V. Carlyle , B.C.S., of The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, The Villages, Amicus for The League of Women Voters of Florida, in support of the Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General; Allen Winsor , Solicitor General, and Rachel Nordby , Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


This cases arises from a constitutional challenge to the qualified blind trust statute. Appellant, James Apthorp, seeks a declaration that the statute violates the requirement of full and public financial disclosure found in Article II, section 8 of the Florida Constitution because it allows public officers to file financial disclosure...

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