COOK v. BENNETT

No. 14-12506.

792 F.3d 1294 (2015)

Kim COOK, Bethann Brooks, Emily Jefferis, Cathy McConnell, Shauna Paedae, Janine Plavac, Catherine Boehme, Alachua County Education Association, Hernando Classroom Teachers Association, Escambia Education Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Tony BENNETT, etc., Defendant, Gary Chartrand, In his official capacity as member of the Florida State Board of Education, Ada G. Armas, In her official capacity as member of the Florida State Board of Education, Sally Bradshaw, In her official capacity as member of the Florida State Board of Education, John A. Colon, In his official capacity as member of the Florida State Board of Education, Barbara S. Feingold, In her official capacity as member of the Florida State Board of Education, School Board of Hernando County, Pam Stewart, John R. Padget Kathleen Shanahan, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 7, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice O'brien , Lisa M. Powell , National Education Association Office of General Counsel, Warren Gary Kohlman , John Miller West , Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, DC, Pamela L. Cooper , Florida Education Assoc., Lynn C. Hearn , Ronald G. Meyer , Meyer Brooks Demma & Blohm, PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Matthew Joseph Carson , Florida Department of Education, Jonathan Alan Glogau , Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, Rachel E. Nordby , Allen C. Winsor , Audra Bryant , Lisa J. Augspurger , Bush & Augspurger, PA, Orlando, FL, David McKinnon Delaney , Jamie Lynn White , Dell Graham, PA, Gainesville, FL, Donna Waters , School Board of Escambia County Florida, Pensacola, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, JILL PRYOR, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


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