FLA. BANKERS ASS'N v. FLA. DEV. FINANCE

Nos. SC14-1603, SC14-1618.

176 So.3d 1258 (2015)

FLORIDA BANKERS ASSOCIATION, etc., Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION, etc., et al., Appellees. Robert Reynolds, Appellant, v. Florida Development Finance Corporation, etc., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ceci Culpepper Berman of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa, FL, on behalf of Florida Bankers Association; and James C. Dinkins of Mark G. Lawson, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Robert Reynolds, for Appellants.

Gregory Thomas Stewart , Lynn Miyamoto Hoshihara , and Carly J. Schrader of Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Development Finance Corporation; Raoul G. Cantero, III , Thomas Neal McAliley , and Jesse Luke Green of White & Case LLP, Miami, FL, on behalf of Florida Development Finance Corporation; Jane Kreusler-Walsh , Rebecca Mercier Vargas , and Stephanie L. Serafin of Kreusler-Walsh, Compiani & Vargas, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, on behalf of Florida Development Finance Corporation; L. Thomas Giblin of Nabors, Giblin, et al., Tampa, FL, on behalf of Florida Development Finance Corporation; Gerald Paul Hill , State Attorney, and Victoria Jacquelyn Avalon , Assistant State Attorney, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, FL, on behalf of the State of Florida; Ralph Larizza , State Attorney, and Phillip Dale Havens , Assistant State Attorney, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, on behalf of the State of Florida; and Philip Glen Archer , State Attorney, and Laura Michelle Moody , Assistant State Attorney, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Viera, FL, on behalf of the State of Florida, for Appellees.

Erin Lee Deady of Erin L. Deady, P.A., Lantana, FL, for Amicus Curiae PACENow.

Keith W. Davis of Corbett, White and Davis, P.A., Lantana, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida Green Finance Authority.

George Steve Cavros , Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Amicus Curiae Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Inc.

Edward George Guedes and Chad Stuart Friedman of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole Bierman & Popok, P.L., Coral Gables, FL, for Amicus Curiae Green Corridor Property Assessment Clean Energy District.

Richard Watson , Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida, Inc.

Jody Lamar Finklea and Amanda L. Swindle , Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida Municipal Electric Association, Inc.

Joshua Douglas Smith and Travis Ritchie , San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae Sierra Club.

Elizabeth Wilson Neiberger and Susan Hamilton Churuti of Bryant Miller Olive P.A., Tallahassee, FL; Virginia Saunders Delegal , General Counsel, Florida Association of Counties, Tallahassee, FL; Harry Morrison, Jr. and Kraig Armantrout Conn , Florida League of Cities, Inc., Tallahassee, FL; Herbert William Albert Thiele , Leon County Attorney, Tallahassee, FL; and Daniel Scott McIntyre , St. Lucie County Attorney, Fort Pierce, FL, for Amici Curiae The Florida Association of Counties, The Florida League of Cities, Inc., Leon County, Florida, and St. Lucie County, Florida.


In these consolidated cases, the Florida Bankers Association (FBA) and Robert Reynolds appeal the judgment of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit, in and for Leon County, validating bonds proposed to be issued by the Florida Development Finance Corporation (FDFC), a public body corporate and politic in the State of Florida...

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