FLORIDA DEP'T OF HEALTH v. FLORIGROWN

No. SC19-1464.

317 So.3d 1101 (2021)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. FLORIGROWN, LLC, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colleen Ernst , Executive Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, Florida; Louise Wilhite-St. Laurent , Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida; and Jason Gonzalez , Daniel Nordby , Amber Nunnally , and Rachel Procaccini of Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

Katherine E. Giddings , Tallahassee, Florida, Jonathan S. Robbins , Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Ari H. Gerstin of Akerman LLP, Miami, Florida, for Respondent.

John M. Lockwood , Thomas J. Morton , and Devon Nunneley of The Lockwood Law Firm, Tallahassee, Florida; James A. McKee of Foley & Lardner LLP, Tallahassee, Florida; and William D. Hall III and Daniel R. Russell of Dean Mead & Dunbar, Tallahassee, Florida, Amici Curiae DFMMJ Investments, LLC, d/b/a Liberty Health Sciences and Acreage Florida, Inc., Perkins Nursery, Inc., San Felasco Nurseries, Inc. d/b/a Harvest, Mount Dora Farms, LLC, and Better — Gro Companies, LLC, d/b/a Columbia Care Florida, and Dewar Nurseries, Inc.

Mohammad O. Jazil of Hopping Green & Sams, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida; and Daniel William Bell , General Counsel, Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, Florida, Amicus Curiae The Florida House of Representatives.

Seann M. Frazier , Marc Ito , and Kristen Bond of Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, Amicus Curiae Louis Del Favero Orchids, Inc.

Karl E. Pearson and Courtney M. Crossland of Pearson Doyle Mohre & Pastis LLP, Maitland, Florida, Amicus Curiae Liner Source, Inc.

Jeff Kottkamp of Jeff Kottkamp, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, Amicus Curiae Triangle Capital, Inc.


We have for review the First District Court of Appeal's decision in Florida Department of Health v. Florigrown, LLC (Florigrown I), No. 1D18-4471, ___ So.3d ___, 2019 WL 2943329 (Fla. 1st DCA July 9, 2019). The First District partially upheld a temporary injunction that prohibits enforcement of certain statutory provisions relating...

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