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TALLAHASSEE v. POLICE BENEVOLENT ASS'N

No. SC2021-0651.

375 So.3d 178 (2023)

CITY OF TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 30, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Padovano and Joseph T. Eagleton of Brannock Berman & Seider, Tampa, Florida; and Cassandra K. Jackson , City Attorney's Office, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner City of Tallahassee, Florida.

Carol Jean LoCicero and Mark R. Caramanica of Thomas & LoCicero PL, Tampa, Florida, and Daniela B. Abratt of Thomas & LoCicero PL, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Petitioner News Media Coalition.

Luke Newman of Luke Newman, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondents.

Shannon K. Lockheart and Paul G. Rozelle, General Counsel, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Largo, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Pinellas County Sheriff, Bob Gualtieri.

Edward G. Guedes and John J. Quick of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.L., Coral Gables, Florida, for Amicus Curiae City of Miami Civilian Investigative Panel.

Peter A.D. McGlashan, General Counsel, Volusia County Sheriff's Office, DeLand, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Volusia County Sheriff, Michael J. Chitwood.

Edward L. Birk of Marks Gray, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, for Amici Curiae Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Radio Television Digital News Association, Poynter Institute, Society of Professional Journalists Florida Pro Chapter, Florida Center for Government Accountability, and Asian American Journalists Association Florida Chapter.

Benjamin James Stevenson of ACLU Foundation of Florida, Pensacola, Florida, and Daniel B. Tilley of ACLU Foundation of Florida, Miami, Florida; and David T. Goldberg of Donahue Goldberg & Littleton, Brooklyn, New York, for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc.

Carri S. Leininger and Jayme S. Sellards of Williams, Leininger & Cosby, P.A., North Palm Beach, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

This case arises from two unrelated but contemporaneous episodes in which a Tallahassee police officer, asserting self-defense, used lethal force in detaining a suspect. Each officer invoked the protections of article I, section 16(b)-(e) of the Florida Constitution, an amendment adopted by...

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