BARNETT v. DEPT. OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

No. SC19-87.

303 So.3d 508 (2020)

Michael BARNETT, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. State of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. T. Smith of the Law Offices of H. T. Smith, P.A., Miami, Florida; John W. McLuskey and Lisa A. Riddle of McLuskey, McDonald & Hughes, P.A., Miami, Florida; and Lauri Waldman Ross of Ross & Girten, Miami, Florida, for Petitioner Michael Barnett.

Vincent E. Miller of the Law Offices of Vincent E. Miller, P.A., Delray Beach, Florida, for Petitioner Leroy Nelson, Jr.

Daniel R. Russell , William D. Hall, III , Marc W. Dunbar , and Peter M. Dunbar of Dean Mead & Dunbar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondent State of Florida Department of Financial Services.

Michael P. Spellman and Jeffrey D. Slanker of Sniffen & Spellman, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, and Kraig Conn , Florida League of Cities, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Florida League of Cities.

Herbert W.A. Thiele , County Attorney, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Florida Association of County Attorneys.

Frances Guasch De La Guardia and Suzanne M. Aldahan of Holland & Knight LLP, Miami, Florida; and Miriam Soler Ramos , City Attorney, Coral Gables, Florida, for Amicus Curiae City of Coral Gables.


This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in State Department of Financial Services v. Barnett, 262 So.3d 750 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018). In a separate opinion in the same case, State Department of Financial Services v. Barnett, 268 So.3d 758 (Fla...

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