STATE of Florida, Petitioner,
v.
Richard STALDER, Respondent.
STATE of Florida, Petitioner,
v.
Evan Dean LEATHERMAN, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 27, 1994.
January 27, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Parker D. Thomson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, Gregory Durden, Chief of Civ. Rights, Hollywood, and Michael J. Neimand, Director, Crim. Law, Miami, of Dept. of Legal Affairs, for appellant.
D. Robert Silber, D. Robert Silber, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Susan B. Gellman, Capital University Law School, OH, on behalf of Richard Stalder and Evan Dean.
No appearance for Leatherman.
Benedict P. Kuehne and Neal R. Sonnett, Sonnett, Sale & Kuehne, P.A., Miami, and Joan S. Peppard, Associate Southern Counsel, FL Regional Office, for Anti-Defamation League.
Mark Stern and Lois Waldman, New York City, for American Jewish Congress, amicus curiae, for Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Congress, and Intern. Ass'n of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (American Section).
Jeanne Baker and Christine Stebbins Dahl, Baker & Moscowitz, and Nina E. Vinik, Staff Counsel, American Civ. Liberties Union Foundation of Florida, Inc., Miami, amicus curiae, for The American Civ. Liberties Union Foundation of FL, Inc.
Robert Augustus Harper, Law Firm of Robert Augustus Harper, P.A., Tallahassee, Chairman, FACDL Amicus Curiae Committee, James T. Miller, Co-Chairman, L. Donald Murrell, President, and Robert S. Griscti, Turner & Griscti, P.A., Gainesville, amicus curiae for FL Ass'n of Crim. Defense Lawyers (FACDL).
Supreme Court of Florida.
SHAW, Justice.
We have for review a trial court order declaring section 775.085, Florida Statutes (1989), commonly referred to as Florida's Hate Crimes Statute, unconstitutional. The order was certified by the district court as passing on an issue of great public importance requiring immediate resolution by this Court. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(5), Fla. Const. We quash the order.
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