FLORIDA SENATE v. FORMAN

No. SC02-1813.

826 So.2d 279 (2002)

The FLORIDA SENATE, et al., Appellants, v. Charles R. FORMAN, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Richard of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, and James A. Scott of Tripp Scott, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, on behalf of John McKay as President of the Florida Senate; George N. Meros, Jr. and Jason L. Unger of Gray, Harris, & Robinson, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, and Miguel De Grandy of Miguel De Grandy, P.A., Miami, FL, on behalf of Tom Feeney, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives; and Gerald B. Curington, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, and George Waas, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of the State of Florida and Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, for Appellants.

Joseph M. Hanratty of Forman, Hanratty & Montgomery, Ocala, FL, on behalf of Charles R. Forman and Michael A. Finn, for Appellees.


HARDING, Senior Justice.

We have for review a circuit court judgment certified by the district court of appeal to be of great public importance and to require immediate resolution by this Court. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(5), Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed below, we reverse the circuit court's judgment.

Charles R. Forman and Michael A. Finn,1 appellees in this case, filed complaints for declaratory...

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