Opinion
No. SC14–1905.
10-23-2014
The LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA, etc., et al., Appellant(s)/Cross–Appellee(s) v. Ken DETZNER, et al., Appellee(s)/Cross–Appellant(s).
Opinion
The First District Court of Appeal has certified, pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(5), of the Florida Constitution, that the trial court has passed upon a question of great public importance requiring immediate resolution by this Court. See League of Women Voters of Fla. v. Detzner, No. 1D14–3953, 2014 WL 4851707, at *2 (Fla. 1st DCA Oct.1, 2014). We accept jurisdiction.
Briefs shall be filed as follows: Appellants'/Cross–Appellees' initial brief on the merits shall be filed on or before November 12, 2014; Appellees'/Cross–Appellants' answer brief on the merits/cross-initial brief shall be filed on or before December 2, 2014; Appellants'/Cross–Appellees' reply brief on the merits/cross-answer brief shall be filed on or before December 12, 2014; and Appellees'/Cross–Appellants' cross-reply brief shall be filed on or before December 22, 2014.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit in and for Leon County, Florida, shall file the original record which shall be properly indexed and paginated on or before November 3, 2014.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above case has been set for oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 4, 2015, with a maximum of twenty minutes to the side allowed for the argument. NO CONTINUANCES WILL BE GRANTED EXCEPT UPON A SHOWING OF EXTREME HARDSHIP.
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, and PERRY, JJ., concur.
QUINCE, J., concurs and would consider without oral argument.
CANADY and POLSTON, JJ., would decline jurisdiction.