The League of Women Voters of Florida, Petitioners v. Data Targeting, Inc., Respondents

Summary

The Court granted an emergency all-writs petition and stayed the First District's order barring use of documents in an ongoing challenge to Florida's congressional redistricting plan. It held that the documents could be admitted if relevant, but only under seal and in a courtroom closed to the public, to preserve the status quo and prevent the proceedings from becoming moot while this Court's potential jurisdiction was preserved. Justice Lewis concurred to emphasize the urgency of preserving jurisdiction, while Chief Justice Polston, joined by Justice Canady, dissented on the ground that the Court lacked an independent jurisdictional basis and had improperly intervened in an interlocutory evidentiary dispute.