ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL—FEE ON the EVERGLADES SUGAR PRODUCTION.
ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL—EVERGLADES TRUST FUND.
ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL—RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYING COSTS OF WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT IN the EVERGLADES.
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September 24, 1996.
September 24, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Louis F. Hubener, III, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Presentor.
E. Thom Rumberger, George N. Meros, Jr. and William L. Sundberg, of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A., Tallahassee, and Jon Mills and Timothy McLendon, Gainesville, on behalf of Save Our Everglades; Richard A. Keller of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, Orlando, on behalf of Everglades Coordinating Council; Sonia Escobio O'Donnell of Lehtinen, O'Donnell, Vargas & Reiner, P.A., Miami, on behalf of Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; Clay Henderson, Winter Park, on behalf of National Audubon Society, Florida Audubon Society, National Parks and Conservation Association, World Wildlife Fund, and Clean Water Action; Michael Block, Ft. Lauderdale, Interested Parties, Proponents.
Chesterfield Smith and Susan L. Turner of Holland and Knight, Tallahassee, on behalf of United States Sugar Corporation; Bruce S. Rogow and Beverly A. Pohl of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, and William B. Killian, Joseph P. Klock, Jr., Donald M. Middlebrooks, Victoria L. Weber and Jonathan Sjostrom of Steel Hector & Davis, LLP, Miami, on behalf of Osceola Farms Company, Atlantic Sugar Association, Incorporated, Okeelanta Corporation and Sugarcane Growers Cooperative of Florida; Kenneth W. Sukhia of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tallahassee, on behalf of Associated Industries of Florida; Peggy Fisher of Geller, Geller & Garfinkel, Dania, on behalf of International Association of Machinists; John Beranek and James Harold Thompson of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, and Scottie J. Butler, General Counsel, Gainesville, on behalf of Florida Farm Bureau Federation; Wade L. Hopping and David L. Powell of Hopping, Green, Sams & Smith, P.A., Tallahassee, on behalf of Florida Chamber of Commerce, Inc.; William L. Hyde and Osmer D. Batcheller of Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli & Stewart, P.A., Tallahassee, on behalf of Florida TaxWatch, Inc., Interested Parties, Opponents.
Supreme Court of Florida.
CORRECTED OPINION
SHAW, Justice.
The Attorney General petitioned this Court for advisory opinions on the validity of three initiative petitions circulated by a group known as Save Our Everglades Committee (SOE). In response to the Attorney General's request, we issued orders permitting interested parties to file briefs and heard oral argument on the validity of the proposed amendments. We have consolidated the three petitions for review in this opinion...
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