BOAN v. JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMM'N

No. SC22-1557 No. SC22-1558.

352 So.3d 1249 (2022)

Whitney BOAN, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION, et al., Respondents. Geraldine F. Thompson, etc., Petitioners, v. Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Ponall and Eric J. Sorice of Ponall Law, Maitland, Florida; and Lisabeth J. Fryer and Laura Cepero of Lisabeth J. Fryer, P.A., Sanford, Florida, for Petitioners, Whitney Boan, and Geraldine F. Thompson, in her Official Capacity as a Senator in the Florida Senate

Kenneth B. Bell of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, and Joseph W. Jacquot of Gunster, Yoakley Stewart, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, for Respondents, Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission, et al.

Mayanne Downs and Jason A. Zimmerman of GrayRobinson, P.A, Orlando, Florida; and Michael A. Sasso of Sasso & Sasso, P.A., Winter Park, Florida, for Respondents, Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission, et al.


When a judicial vacancy is to be filled by appointment, the Florida Constitution requires a judicial nominating commission to certify nominees for the governor's consideration. Here, in connection with pending judicial vacancies, two judicial nominating commissions certified nominees who did not at the time of their nominations...

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