JACOBS v. SEMINOLE COUNTY CANVASSING BD.

No. SC00-2447.

773 So.2d 519 (2000)

Harry N. JACOBS, etc., et al., Appellants, v. SEMINOLE COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, etc., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald F. Richman, Alan G. Greer and John R. Whittles of Richman, Greer, Weil, Brumbaugh, Mirabito & Christensen, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida; Scott E. Perwin and Pamela I. Perry, Miami, Florida; Kent Spriggs of Spriggs & Davis, Tallahassee, Florida; Robert D. Lenhard, Washington, D.C.; John R. Cuti, Jonathan S. Abady and Llann M. Maazel of Emery, Cuti, Brinckerhoff & Abady PC, New York, New York; and Eric Seiler and Katherine L. Pringle of Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, New York, for Appellants.

Terry C. Young and Janet M. Courtney of Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A., Orlando, Florida, for Seminole County Canvassing Board, Sandra Goard, Kenneth McIntosh and John Sloop; Barry Richard of Greenberg, Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, Benjamin L. Ginsberg of Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, D.C., B. Daryl Bristow and Amy Douthitt Maddux of Baker Botts LLP, Houston, Texas, and Stuart Levey of Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin LLP, Washington, D.C., for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney; Kenneth W. Wright of Shutts & Bowen, LLP, Orlando, Florida, for Republican Party of Florida; and Deborah K. Kearney, General Counsel, and Kerey M. Carpenter, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, Florida, and Jonathan Sjostrom, Victoria L. Weber, Donna E. Blanton and Elizabeth C. Daley of Steel, Hector & Davis LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, for Katherine Harris, as Florida Secretary of State, and Katherine Harris, L. Clayton Roberts, and Bob Crawford, as members of the Florida Elections Canvassing Commission, Appellees.

Mathew D. Staver, Erik W. Stanley, Joel L. Oster, Dean F. DiBartolomeo, Katherine Christy, Marvin Rooks, John Stemberger, Mike Gotschall, and Sharon Blakeney, Liberty Counsel, Longwood, Florida, for Tim Brock, et al., Intervenors.


PER CURIAM.

We have for review a trial court order appealed to the First District Court of Appeal, which certified the order to be of great public importance and to require immediate resolution by this Court. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(5) of the Florida Constitution. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm.

Appellants filed suit against the Seminole County Canvassing Board and others...

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