Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services v. Haire

I write to explain why I agree that we should not accept jurisdiction of this case in its present procedural posture and to help provide guidance to the district courts of appeal regarding our pass-through jurisdiction.1 Although the jurisdiction of this Court may be broad enough to allow this Court to exercise jurisdiction over any case that the district court of appeal certifies to be of great public importance,2 in *168my view it would be unwise for this Court to do something it has virtually never done before, which is to accept jurisdiction over a non-final order in a case that is still…