A & M UNIV. BD. OF TRUSTEES v. BRUNO

No. 1D16-1410.

198 So.3d 1040 (2016)

FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Appellant, v. Justin BRUNO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Beth Faragasso of Henry Buchanan, P.A., Tallahassee; Shira R. Thomas , Acting General Counsel, Ana Gargollo-McDonald and Olorunfunmi Ojetayo , Assistant General Counsels, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Charles T. Wells , Richard E. Mitchell , and Andy Bardos of GrayRobinson, P.A., Orlando, in support of Appellant by Amici Curiae University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, University of Florida Board of Trustees, Florida State University Board of Trustees, University of South Florida Board of Trustees, Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees, University of West Florida Board of Trustees, University of North Florida Board of Trustees, Florida International University Board of Trustees, Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees, New College of Florida Board of Trustees, and Florida Polytechnic University Board of Trustees.

Mutaqee Akbar of Akbar Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Justin S. Hemlepp of J.S. Hemlepp, P.A., Tampa, in support of Appellee by Amici Curiae Knight News, Inc., Jacob Milich , Sean Lavin , Jake Rakoci , Thomas Oreste , Justin Hemlepp, Esq. , Evan Rosenberg, Esq. , Elizabeth Helmer Loreti , Kevin Wokenfeld , Victoria Manglardi, Esq. , John Zimmerman , Arianna Young , Justin Martineau , Kyle Considder , Ricky Ly , Sabrina Philipp , Megan Seery , Stephanie Matthews, Esq. , Ryan Garrett , Christina Lynn Kimball Walker, Esq. , Sloane Rosenberg , Caroline Talev , Fernando Gonzalez, Esq. , Luiz Centenaro , Jerome Pozin , Harrison Poole, Esq. , Shrah Anderson and Jeffrey Sirmons, Esq.


Appellant, the governing body of Florida A & M University (FAMU), seeks review of the trial court's order enjoining a student government election at the university's main campus in Tallahassee. Appellant raises three issues on appeal, but we only need to address one: whether the trial court had subject-matter jurisdiction to entertain...

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