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ADVISORY OPINION RE LEGISLATIVE BOUNDARIES

Nos. SC08-986, SC08-1149.

2 So.3d 175 (2009)

ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL RE STANDARDS FOR ESTABLISHING LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re Standards for Legislature to Follow in Congressional Redistricting.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 29, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Louis F. Hubener, Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Barry Richard and M. Hope Keating of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Jon L. Mills of Boies, Schiller and Flexner, LLP, Miami, FL, and Timothy McLendon, Gainesville, FL, Mark Herron of Messer, Caparello and Self, P.A., and E. Thom Rumberger of Rumberger, Kirk and Caldwell, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for FairDistrictsFlorida.org, Sponsor.

Jason Vail, General Counsel, Florida Senate, and Jeremiah M. Hawkes, General Counsel, Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of The Florida Legislature, as Opponents.

LEWIS, J.

The Attorney General of Florida has requested an opinion from this Court with regard to the validity of two initiative petitions sponsored by FairDistrictsFlorida.org, a political committee. We have jurisdiction. See art. IV, § 10, art. V, § 3(b)(10), Fla. Const. We conclude that the proposed amendments comply with the single-subject requirement of article XI, section 3 of the Florida Constitution...

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