HOUSE OF REPRES. v. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

No. SC13-252.

118 So.3d 198 (2013)

The FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, et al., Petitioners, v. The LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raoul G. Cantero , Jason N. Zakia , and Jesse L. Green of White & Case LLP, Miami, FL; George T. Levesque , General Counsel, The Florida Senate, Tallahassee, FL; Charles T. Wells , George N. Meros, Jr. , Jason L. Unger , and Andy Bardos of Gray Robinson, P.A., Tallahassee, FL; Miguel A. DeGrandy , Coral Gables, FL, and Daniel E. Nordby , General Counsel, The Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioners.

Gerald E. Greenberg and Adam M. Schachter of Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, P.A., Miami, FL; Richard Burton Bush of Bush & Augspurger, P.A., Tallahassee, FL; Michael B. DeSanctis of Jenner & Block, LLP, Washington, DC; J. Gerald Hebert , Alexandria, VA; and J. Andrew Atkinson , General Counsel and Ashley E. Davis , Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondents.


PARIENTE, J.

The Florida Legislature has filed a petition for writ of prohibition or in the alternative to invoke this Court's constitutional authority to issue all writs necessary to the complete exercise of its jurisdiction, seeking to prevent a circuit court from hearing a lawsuit that challenges the validity of the 2012 plan apportioning districts for the Florida Senate.1 We have jurisdiction to consider the extraordinary writs, and...

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