CHILES v. MILLIGAN

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Dexter Douglass, General Counsel; Deborah K. Kearney, Deputy General Counsel and Michelle Anchors, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Andrea J. Moreland, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the Comptroller, and Donald L. Bell, General Counsel, Office of the Secretary of State, Tallahassee, for Respondents.

John W. Caven and Allan P. Clark, Jacksonville, for School Board of Baker County; Phyllis M. Rosier, Starke, for School Board of Bradford County; Harold T. Bistline of Stromire, Bistline, Miniclier, McDermott & Griffith, Cocoa, for School Board of Brevard County; Edward J. Marko of Marko & Stephany, Fort Lauderdale, for School Board of Broward County; J. David House of McClellan & House, P.A., Blounstown, for School Board of Calhoun County; Michael R. McKinley of Batsel, McKinley, Ittersagen, Gunderson & Berntsson, P.A., Port Charlotte, for School Board of Charlotte County; Richard S. Fitzpatrick of Fitzpatrick & Fitzpatrick, P.A., Inverness, for School Board of Citrus County; Frank M. Scruby, Orange Park, for School Board of Clay County; John Clapper, III of Roetzel & Andress, Naples, for School Board of Collier County; Frederick L. Koberlein of Norris, Koberlein & Anderson, P.A., Lake City, for School Board of Columbia County; Phyllis O. Douglas, Miami, for School Board of Dade County; J. Doyle Thomas, Cross City, for School Board of Dixie County; Fred D. Franklin, Jr., General Counsel and Ernst D. Mueller, Assistant General Counsel, Jacksonville, for School Board of Duval County; Louis F. Ray, Jr. and Robert W. Kievit of Ray, Kievit & Kelly, Pensacola, for School Board of Escambia County; Sheree H. Lancaster, Trenton, for School Board of Gilchrist County; Donald K. Rudser, Jasper, for School Board of Hamilton County; Karen O. Gaffney of Haag, Gaffney & Wilcox, P.A., Inverness, for School Board of Hernando County; James F. McCollum of James F. McCollum, P.A., Sebring, for School Board of Highlands County; W. Crosby Few, Tampa, for School Board of Hillsborough County; G. Russell Petersen of G. Russell Petersen, P.A., Vero Beach, for School Board of Indian River County; Frank E. Bondurant, Marianna, for School Board of Jackson County; T. Buckingham Bird, Monticello, for School Board of Jefferson County; Steven E. Butler, Fort Myers, for School Board of Lee County; C. Graham Carothers of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, for School Board of Leon County; Peter Langley, III, Bronson, and Jennefer Shuster, Yankeetown, for School Board of Levy County; Bill Roberts, Madison, for School Board of Madison County; Beverly A. Lambert of Pattillo & McKeever, P.A., Ocala, for School Board of Marion County; V. Tanner-Otts, Stuart, for School Board of Martin County; C. Jeffrey McInnis, Fort Walton Beach, for School Board of Okaloosa County; Tom W. Conely, III, Okeechobee, for School Board of Okeechobee County; Dr. Donald Shaw, Superintendent, Orlando, School Board of Orange County; Usher Larry Brown of Brown & Van Leuven, P.A., Orlando, for School Board of Osceola County; Cynthia S. Prettyman, General Counsel, West Palm Beach, for School Board of Palm Beach County; Thomas E. Weightman, Superintendent, Land O'Lakes, for School Board of Pasco County; Joe H. Pickens of Holmes & Pickens, P.A., Palatka, for School Board of Putnam County; Hugh Balboni, Superintendent, St. Augustine, for School Board of St. Johns County; Daniel B. Harrell of Gonano & Harrell, Chartered, Fort Pierce, for School Board of St. Lucie County; Charles F. Blalock, Jr., Superintendent, Live Oak, for School Board of Suwannee County; C. Allen Watts of Cobb, Cole & Bell, Daytona Beach, for School Board of Volusia County; C. Graham Carothers of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, for School Board of Wakulla County; and Bill Williams, Superintendent, Chipley, for School Board of Washington County, for District School Boards, Respondents.