ADVISORY OPINION TO ATTORNEY GENERAL

No. SC01-1367.

815 So.2d 597 (2002)

ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL RE LIMITING CRUEL AND INHUMANE CONFINEMENT OF PIGS DURING PREGNANCY.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Louis F. Hubener III, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Stephen H. Grimes and Susan L. Kelsey of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, FL, for Floridians for Humane Farms.


PER CURIAM.

Pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2001), the Secretary of State submitted to the Attorney General an initiative petition which sought to amend the Florida Constitution to limit the cruel and inhumane confinement of pigs during pregnancy. In turn, the Attorney General petitioned this Court for an advisory opinion relative to the validity of this initiative petition (hereinafter "proposed amendment") according to article IV, section 10 of the...

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