Legal Opinion
Atwater v. City of Weston
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 2, 2011No. 1D10-5094PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarstiller, J.
On July 9, 2009, several Florida cities and counties filed suit in the circuit court in Leon County seeking a declaratory judgment invalidating chapter 2009-96, Laws of Florida (formerly Senate Bill 360), “[ajn act relating to growth management,” for violating the single subject and unfunded mandate provisions of the Florida Constitution.1 Named as defendants were *703Governor Charlie Crist, President of the Senate Jeff Atwater, Speaker of the House of Representatives Larry Cretul, and Secretary of State Kurt Browning. All four defendants moved to dismiss contending they were not proper parties…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Diamond v. CharlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
- Martinez v. ScanlanSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
- American Civil Liberties Union and Larry Schack v. The Florida Bar and the Florida Judicial Qualifications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Coalition for Adequacy v. ChilesSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- The Florida House of Representatives v. Florigrown, LLC, Voice of Freedom, Inc., Florida Department of Health, etc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019