JACKSON v. DESANTIS

No. SC19-329.

268 So.3d 662 (2019)

Mary Beth JACKSON, etc., Petitioner, v. Ron DESANTIS, Governor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Levesque and D. Ty Jackson of GrayRobinson, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

Joe Jacquot , General Counsel, Nicholas A. Primrose , John MacIver , and Colleen Ernst , Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondent.


Article IV, section 7(a) of the Florida Constitution authorizes the governor to suspend county officers on several enumerated grounds, including "neglect of duty" and "incompetence." On January 11, 2019, in Executive Order 19-13, Governor Ron DeSantis invoked that authority and cited those grounds to suspend Mary Beth Jackson, Superintendent...

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