SCOTT v. WILLIAMS

No. SC12-520.

107 So.3d 379 (2013)

Rick SCOTT, et al., Appellants, v. George WILLIAMS, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Timothy David Osterhaus , Solicitor General, and Louis F. Hubener, III , Chief Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, and Raoul G. Cantero, III and Thomas Neal McAliley of White & Case, LLP, Miami, FL, and H. Douglas Hinson of Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA, and David R. Godofsky , and Richard S. Siegel , Washington, DC, for Appellants.

Ronald Gustav Meyer , Jennifer Suzanne Blohm , and Lynn Colby Hearn of Meyer, Brooks, Demma and Blohm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, Alice O'Brien of the National Education Association, Washington, DC, for Appellees.

Richard Anthony Sicking , Coral Gables, FL, for Appellee Brett Sandlin.

Aaron Martin Nisenson , Sarasota, FL, for Appellees the International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO, Jason Cannon, Joseph Paduano, and Gary Penny.

G. Hal Johnson of the Florida Police Benevolent Association, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellees/Intervenors John Park and Randall Haire.

Richard Paul Siwica of Egan, Lev & Siwica, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Intervenor/Appellee Rodney Durbin.

James W. Linn and Glenn E. Thomas of Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., and Harry Morrison, Jr. and Kraig A. Conn , Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae the Florida League of Cities, Inc.

Gregory Thomas Stewart of Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., and Virginia Saunders Delegal , Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae the Florida Association of Counties, Inc.

Craig Arthur Meyer , Thomas Ross McSwain , and Leah L. Marino of the Florida Senate, and George T. Levesque and Donald Jay Rubottom of the Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives.

Robert Evans Weissert , Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida TaxWatch.

Robert David Klausner and Adam Phillip Levinson of Klausner, Kaufman, Jensen & Levinson, Plantation, FL, for Amicus Curiae the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems.


LABARGA, J.

Appellants Governor Rick Scott, Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi, and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, in their capacity as the State Board of Administration of Florida, and John Miles, Secretary of the Department of Management Services of Florida, appealed a judgment of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit in and for Leon County to the First District Court of Appeal, which certified to this Court that the appeal is one presenting issues...

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