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FL Supreme CourtAugust 21, 2024Petition Denied⭐ Notable

Floridians Protecting Freedom, Inc. v. Passidomo

Case No. SC2024-1098

The sponsor of the November 2024 abortion ballot amendment sought a writ of quo warranto challenging the Financial Impact Estimating Conference's authority to issue, on its own initiative, a revised financial impact statement. The Supreme Court denied the petition without reaching the merits, holding the petitioners waived or forfeited any claim to extraordinary relief because they actively participated in the revision process without objecting to the Conference's authority and later told the First District that the revised statement was the operative one.

Key facts

  • Floridians Protecting Freedom, Inc., sponsor of a November 2024 abortion ballot amendment, petitioned for a writ of quo warranto against the Financial Impact Estimating Conference challenging its authority to issue a revised financial impact statement on its own initiative.
  • The petitioner actively participated in the Conference's revision process without objecting to its authority, and later represented to the First District Court of Appeal that the revised statement was the operative one.
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The decision supplies a transferable, non-merits ground for defeating extraordinary writ petitions: acquiescence and estoppel arising from a petitioner's participation in the challenged process and inconsistent… — full analysis with a trial

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