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ALACHUA COUNTY v. EXPEDIA, INC.

No. SC13-838.

175 So.3d 730 (2015)

ALACHUA COUNTY, et al., Petitioners, v. EXPEDIA, INC., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberto Martínez , Maureen Elizabeth Lefebvre and Stephanie Anne Casey of Colson Hicks Eidson, Coral Gables, FL; Robert Lowry Nabors and Harry Frazier Chiles of Nabors Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., Tallahassee, FL; Edward Alexander Dion of Nabors Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Petitioners.

Mark Elliott Holcomb of Madsen Goldman & Holcomb, LLP, Tallahassee, FL; and Darrel J. Hieber of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, CA, on behalf of priceline.com Incorporated, Travelweb LLC and Lowestfare.com LLC, for Respondents.

Larry Smith , Deputy County Attorney, and Mary Griffo Jolley , Assistant County Attorney, DeLand, FL, for Amici Curiae County of Volusia and School Board of Volusia County, Florida.

Virginia Saunders Delegal , General Counsel, Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida Association of Counties, Inc.

Major Best Harding , Ruth E. Vafek and Steven Michael Hogan of Ausley & McMullen, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida Association of Destination Marketing Organizations.

Cynthia Skelton Tunnicliff of Pennington, P.A., Tallahassee, FL; Peter M. Dunbar and Ashley Elizabeth Gault of Dean Mead, Tallahassee, FL, for Amici Curiae American Hotel and Lodging Association and Associated Industries of Florida.

Jon Cameron Moyle, Jr. of the Moyle Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL; Andrew Jeffrey Meyers , Chief Appellate Counsel, and Joni Armstrong Coffey , Broward County Attorney, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Andrew Woodford Mai , County Attorney, Office of the Osceola County Attorney, Kissimmee, FL; and Gary Cruciani of McKool Smith PC, Dallas, TX, for Amici Curiae Broward County, Florida and Osceola County, Florida.

Stephen H. Grimes and James Mann Ervin, Jr. of Holland & Knight LLP, Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

This case is before this Court for review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Alachua County v. Expedia, Inc., 110 So.3d 941 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). In its decision, the district court certified the following question of great public importance:

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