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LEAGUE OF WOM. VOT. v. FLORIDA HOUSE OF RE.

Nos. SC13-949, SC13-951.

132 So.3d 135 (2013)

The LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA, et al., Petitioners, v. The FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, et al., Respondents. Rene Romo, et al., Petitioners, v. The Florida House of Representatives, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 13, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talbot D'Alemberte of D'Alemberte & Palmer, PLLC, Tallahassee, FL; Adam M. Schachter and Gerald E. Greenberg of Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, P.A., Miami, FL; David B. King and Thomas A. Zehnder of King, Blackwell, Zehnder & Wermuth, P.A., Orlando, FL; Mark Herron , Robert J. Telfer III and Angelina Perez of Messer Caparello P.A., Tallahassee, FL; and Marc Elias and John Devaney of Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners.

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 of Holland & Knight LLP, Miami, FL; and Daniel E. Nordby , General Counsel, The Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, FL; J. Andrew Atkinson , General Counsel, and Ashley E. Davis , Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondents.

Daniel J. Gerber of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, Orlando, FL, for Amici Curiae James Harold Thompson, John M. McKay, and Ken Pruitt.

PARIENTE, J.

Does enforcement of the explicit prohibition in the Florida Constitution against partisan political gerrymandering and improper discriminatory intent in redistricting outweigh a claim of an absolute legislative privilege? Specifically, the issue presented to the Court is whether Florida state legislators and legislative staff members have an absolute privilege against testifying as to issues directly relevant to whether the Legislature drew the...

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