Apthorp v. Detzner

This cases arises from a constitutional challenge to the qualified blind trust statute. Appellant, James Apthorp, seeks a declaration that the statute violates the requirement of full and public financial disclosure found in Article II, section 8 of the Florida Constitution because it allows public officers to file financial disclosure statements without disclosing the value of individual assets contained within qualified blind trusts. As explained further below, because Apthorp failed to present a justiciable controversy, the trial court erred by exercising its jurisdiction and entering a…