JACKSON v. LEON CTY. ELECTIONS CANVASSING

Nos. 1D16-4870, 1D16-5090.

204 So.3d 571 (2016)

Dr. Erwin D. JACKSON, as an elector of the City of Tallahassee, Petitioner/Appellant, v. LEON COUNTY ELECTIONS CANVASSING BOARD; Scott C. Maddox, as the successful candidate for Tallahassee City Commission, Seat 1; and City of Tallahassee, a Florida municipal corporation, Respondents/Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Burns Upton II of the Upton Law Firm, P.L., Tallahassee, for Petitioner/Appellant.

No appearance for Respondent/Appellee Leon County Elections Canvassing Board.

Dan R. Stengle of Dan R. Stengle, Attorney, LLC, Tallahassee, and Stephen Marc Slepin of The Maddox Horne Law Firm, Tallahassee, for Respondent/Appellee Scott C. Maddox.

Louis C. Norvell , Assistant City Attorney, for Respondent/Appellee City of Tallahassee.


Petitioner/Appellant Dr. Erwin Jackson filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this Court seeking to compel the circuit court to hold the "immediate hearing" mandated by section 102.168(7), Florida Statutes (2016). We granted the petition by order and explained that an opinion would follow. The day after our order issued, the trial court held...

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