FLORIDA DEPT. OF STATE v. SLOUGH

No. SC08-1569.

992 So.2d 142 (2008)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Appellant, v. Beverly SLOUGH, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General, and Louis F. Hubener, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, FL, Florida; Mark Herron and Robert J. Telfer, III of Messer, Caparello and Self, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Appellants.

Barry Richard of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Appellees.

Robert E. Weissert, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida TaxWatch, as Amicus Curiae.


LEWIS, J.

The Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission proposed an amendment (Amendment 5) to the Florida Constitution that would impact and change several aspects of Florida's taxation and financial structure. Plaintiffs/Appellees (collectively "Slough") filed an action in the Second Judicial Circuit Court contending that the ballot title and summary for proposed Amendment 5 were misleading. The trial court entered...

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