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Click to open document 01/06/2009 REQUEST-ADVISORY OPINION (GOVERNOR) PT Advisory Opinion To The Governor GOV BY: PT Hon. Charles J. Crist, Jr.
01/06/2009 No Fee Required
Click to open document 01/07/2009 ORDER-HIGH PROFILE
01/07/2009 ORDER-OA&BRIEF SCHED (GOV ADVISORY OPIN) Pursuant to article IV, section 1(c), Florida Constitution, on January 6, 2009, the Governor of Florida has requested this Court's opinion on a question of constitutional interpretation affecting his executive powers and duties. The Court has determined that the request is within the purview of the above-noted constitutional provision and the Court will exercise its discretion to provide an opinion in response to the Governor's request. IT IS THEREFORE, the order of the court that interested parties shall file their briefs on or before January 19, 2009, and serve a copy on the Governor. Please file an original and eight copies of all briefs. In addition to paper briefs, per this Court's Administrative Order In Re: Mandatory Submission of Electronic Copies of Documents, AOSC04-84, dated September 13, 2004, counsel are directed to transmit a copy of all briefs in an electronic format as required by the provisions of that order. Briefs will be placed on the Court's Internet site (http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/clerk/briefs/index.shtml). Oral argument is scheduled for 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 27, 2009. A maximum of twenty minutes to the side is allowed for the argument. All parties who have filed a brief and have asked to be heard may, in the Court's discretion, be permitted to participate in oral argument.
01/07/2009 ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR
01/08/2009 NOTICE-APPEARANCE RS William Abramson 967904 BY: RS Mark Herron 199737 BY MARK HERRON ON BEHALF OF WILLIAM S. ABRAMSON (0&8 & E-MAIL)
Click to open document 01/20/2009 INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS RS William Abramson 967904 BY: RS Mark Herron 199737 O&8 & E-MAIL
01/20/2009 APPENDIX RS William Abramson 967904 BY: RS Mark Herron 199737 O&8 & E-MAIL
01/20/2009 NOTICE-APPEARANCE Florida Bar, The BY: PT Major B. Harding 33657 BY MARJOR B. HARDING AND KEVIN J. CARROLL ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA BAR (& E-MAIL)
01/20/2009 NOTICE-APPEARANCE Florida Bar, The BY: PT Stephen H Grimes 32005 BY STEPHEN H. GRIMES ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA BAR (& E-MAIL)
Click to open document 01/20/2009 INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS PT The Florida Bar FB BY: PT Stephen H Grimes 32005 O&8 & E-MAIL
01/22/2009 REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT RS William Abramson 967904 BY: RS Mark Herron 199737 O&8 & E-MAIL
01/23/2009 REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT PT The Florida Bar FB BY: PT Major B. Harding 33657 FILED AS "REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN ORAL ARGUMENT" BY THE FLORIDA BAR (O&8)
01/26/2009 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY Florida Bar, The BY: PT Stephen H Grimes 32005 O&8 & E-MAIL
01/27/2009 ORAL ARGUMENT HELD
02/02/2009 MOTION-AMICUS CURIAE BY JOHN B. THOMPSON ON BEHALF OF JUDGE ABRAMSON
Click to open document 02/04/2009 DISP-ADVISORY ANSWERED (GOVERNOR) Accordingly, you are advised that you are not authorized to sign the commission of a circuit judge-elect under suspension from the practice of law at the time he is to take office.
02/04/2009 ORDER-STRIKE The Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief Herein by John B. Thompson on behalf of Judge Abramson is hereby stricken pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.370(a).
04/15/2009 ARCHIVES