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LEON v. CAROLLO

No. 3D18-220.

246 So.3d 490 (2018)

Alfonso "Alfie" LEON, Appellant, v. Joe CAROLLO, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed May 2, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KYMP, LLP, Juan-Carlos "J.C." Planas and Matthew S. Sarelson , Miami, for appellant.

Victoria Méndez , City Attorney and Forrest L. Andrews , Assistant City Attorney; Kuehne Davis Law, P.A., Benedict P. Kuehne and Michael T. Davis , Miami; Tania Cruz, P.A. and Tania Cruz Gimenez ; Greenspoon Marder, P.A. and Joseph S. Geller (Fort Lauderdale); Coffey Burlington and Kendall Coffey , for appellees.

Before, ROTHENBERG, C.J., and SCALES and LUCK, JJ.

As a general rule, Florida courts have no inherent power to determine an election contest after a candidate has been elected. The legislature created a narrow exception to the no-inherent-power rule for post-election challenges where the successful candidate is ineligible for the nomination or office in dispute. The issue in this case is...

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