DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. DIRECTV, INC.

No. SC15-1249.

215 So.3d 46 (2017)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, et al., Appellants, v. DIRECTV, INC., etc., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, J. Clifton Cox , Special Counsel, and Rachel Nordby and Jonathan L. Williams , Deputy Solicitors General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellant Florida Department of Revenue.

Eric S. Tresh , Amelia Toy Rudolph , and Zachary T. Atkins of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; David A. Konuch , Tallahassee, Florida; and Walter Hellerstein , Athens, Georgia, for Appellant Florida Cable Telecommunications Association, Inc.

Katherine E. Giddings and Kristen M. Fiore of Akerman LLP, Tallahassee, Florida; Peter O. Larsen and Timothy J. McDermott of Akerman LLP, Jacksonville, Florida; E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Jeremy N. Kudon , and Nicholas G. Green of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, New York; and Eric A. Shumsky of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, District of Columbia, for Appellees.

Gigi Rollini of Messer Caparello, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Public Knowledge.

John S. Mills , Courtney R. Brewer , and Andrew D. Manko of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association.

John A. Hinman of Hinman Carmichael LLP, San Francisco, California; and Christine Davis Graves of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Wine Retailers.


This case is before the Court on appeal from the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in DIRECTV, Inc. v. State, Department of Revenue, 40 Fla. L. Weekly D1375, ___ So.3d ___, 2015 WL 3622354 (Fla. 1st DCA June 11, 2015), where the district court expressly declared a state statute invalid. We have jurisdiction...

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