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ADVISORY OPINION TO GOVERNOR

No. SC22-139.

333 So.3d 1106 (2022)

ADVISORY OPINION TO the GOVERNOR RE: WHETHER ARTICLE III, SECTION 20(A) OF the FLORIDA CONSTITUTION REQUIRES the RETENTION OF A DISTRICT IN NORTHERN FLORIDA, etc.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 10, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mohammad Jazil and Michael Beato of Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC, Tallahassee, Florida, and Jason Torchinsky of Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC, Haymarket, Virginia; and Ryan Newman , General Counsel, Joshua Pratt and Nicholas Meros , Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, Florida, for The Honorable Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida.

Henry C. Whitaker , Solicitor General, Daniel W. Bell , Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and Evan Ezray , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Interested Party, Attorney General Ashley Moody.

Henry M. Coxe III and Michael E. Lockamy of Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida; and Jacob Tuttle Newman , Peter A. Nelson , Catherine J. Djang , and Gregory L. Diskant of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, New York, for Interested Parties, Common Cause Florida and FairDistricts Now.

Joseph W. Jacquot , Lauren V. Purdy , and Pierce N. Giboney of Gunter, Jacksonville, Florida, for Interested Party, Mayor Lenny Curry.

Daniel E. Nordby of Shutts & Bowen LLP, on behalf of the Florida Senate, Tallahassee, Florida; and Andy Bardos of GrayRobinson, on behalf of the Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, Florida, for Interested Parties, the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives.

Thomas A. Zehnder and Frederick S. Wermuth of King, Blackwell, Zehnder & Wermuth, P.A., Orlando, Florida; Abha Khanna and Jonathan P. Hawley of Elias Law Group LLP, Seattle, Washington, Graham W. White and Christina A. Ford of Elias Law Group LLP, Washington, District of Columbia; and John M. Devaney of Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, District of Columbia, for Interested Party, All On The Line Florida.

Carl Christian Sautter , Washington, District of Columbia, Larry S. Davis , Hollywood, Florida, Benedict P. Kuehne and Michael T. Davis , Miami, Florida, and Jason B. Blank , Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Interested Party, Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Member of Congress, Florida Congressional District 20.

On February 1, 2022, the Governor of Florida requested an advisory opinion from this Court pursuant to article IV, section 1(c) of the Florida Constitution relating to the constitutionality of redistricting congressional District 5. Specifically, the Governor asks, "whether Article III, Section 20(a) of the Florida Constitution requires the...

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