McCALL v. SCOTT

No. 1D15-2752.

199 So.3d 359 (2016)

Joanne McCALL, Senator Geraldine Thompson, Rabbi Merrill Shapiro, Rev. Harry Parrott, Jr., Rev. Dr. Harold Brocus, Florida Education Association, Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc., League of Women Voters of Florida, Inc., and Florida State Conference of Branches of NAACP, Appellants, v. Rick SCOTT, Governor of Florida, In His Official Capacity as Head of the FLorida Department of Revenue, et al. and Umene Prophete et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald G. Meyer , Jennifer S. Blohm , and Lynn C. Hearn of Meyer, Brooks, Demma and Blohm, P.A., Tallahassee; Pamela L. Cooper and William A. Spillias of Florida Education Association, Tallahassee; John M. West of Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.; Alice O'Brien of National Education Association, Washington, D.C.; David Strom of American Federal of Teachers, Washington, D.C., and Alex J. Luchenitser of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Rachel Nordby , Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, for Appellees Rick Scott, Pam Bondi, Jeff Atwater, Adam Putnam, Pam Stewart, and the Department of Revenue and Education.

Karen D. Walker and Nathan A. Adams IV of Holland & Knight LLP, Tallahassee; Daniel J. Woodring of Woodring Law Firm, Tallahassee; Howard Coker of Coker, Schickel, Sorenson, Posgay, Camerlengo & Iracki, Jacksonville; Jay P. Lefkowitz and Steven J. Menashi of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, N.Y.; Raoul G. Cantero of White & Case LLP, Miami, for Intervenor Appellees.

Michael Ufferman of Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, for Amicus Curiae Black Alliance For Educational Options.


The Florida Education Association, the Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc., the League of Women Voters of Florida, Inc., the Florida State Conference of Branches of the NAACP, a group of parents of children in public schools, teachers employed by public schools, and religious and community leaders (collectively, Appellants) argue...

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