David P. Trotti, Petitioner v. Rick Scott

Summary

The court concluded that it had improvidently granted review of the First District's decision, discharged jurisdiction, and dismissed the review proceeding without deciding whether the judicial vacancy should be filled by election or gubernatorial appointment. The majority issued no merits analysis. Justice Pariente, Justice Lewis, and Justice Quince dissented; they would have retained jurisdiction and addressed the constitutional election-versus-appointment issue, with Pariente and Quince favoring an election and Lewis proposing a different rule concerning the effective date of resignation.