Supreme Court of Florida

House Joint Resolution 25E is valid and is hereby approved as the 2004 apportionment of the Florida Legislature as the plan satisfies the equal protection standard of one person, one-vote; and the plan satisfies the State constitutional requirement that the districts contain contiguous, overlapping, or identical territory.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/04/2003
• Published 12/04/2003

Judges

• WELLS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, L. Clayton Roberts, Executive Deputy Attorney General, and George L. Waas, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner., George N. Meros, Jr. and Jason L. Unger of Gray, Harris & Robinson, P.A., Tallahassee, FL;  Steven G. Burton and Mark M. Barber of Broad and Cassel, Tampa, FL;  and Miguel Degrandy and Stephen M. Cody of Miguel Degrandy, P.A., Miami, FL, for Honorable Johnnie Byrd, Speaker, Florida House of Representatives., James A. Scott and Edward J. Pozzuoli of Tripp Scott, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Honorable James E.“ Jim” King, Jr., President, Florida Senate.