Bush v. Schiavo. 885 So.2d. 321 (2004).
No. SC04-925.
September 23, 2004. Rehearing Denied October 21, 2004.
PARIENTE, C.J.
322 Appeal from the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Pinellas County, W. Douglas Baird, J. *322
Kenneth L. Connor and Camille Godwin of Wilkes and McHugh, P.A., Tampa, FL, and Robert A. Destro,
Washington, DC, on behalf of Jeb Bush, Governor of the State of Florida; and Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney
General, George Lemieux, Deputy Attorney General, Chief of Staff, and Jay Vail, Senior Assistant Attorney
General, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellant.
George J. Felos of Felos and Felos, P.A., Dunedin, FL, Randall C. Marshall, Legal Director of American Civil
Liberties Union of Florida, Miami, FL, and Thomas J. Perrelli and Robert M. Portman of Jenner and Block,
LLC, Washington, DC, on behalf of Michael Schiavo, as Guardian of the person of Theresa Marie Schiavo, for
Appellee.
Jan G. Halisky, Clearwater, FL, and William L. Saunders, Jr., Director and Counsel, Washington, DC, for
Center for Human Life and Bioethics at the Family Research Council, Amici Curiae; George K. Rahdert of
Rahdert, Steele, Bryan and Bole, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, and Max Lapertosa, Chicago, IL, for Not Dead Yet,
Adapt, The ARC of the United States, Center on Human Policy, Syracuse University, Center on Self
Determination, Disability Rights Center, Freedom Clearinghouse, Hospice Patients’ Alliance, Mouth Magazine,
National Council on Independent Living, National Disabled Students Union, National Spinal Cord Injury
Association, Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered, Society for Disability Studies, TASH, World Association
of Persons With Disabilities and World Institute on Disability, *324 Amici Curiae; Patricia Fields Anderson, St.
Petersburg, FL, Barbara J. Weller and David Charles Gibbs, III of Gibbs Law Firm, P.A., Seminole, FL, Jay
Alan Sekulow, James H. Henderson, Sr., Walter M. Weber and David A. Cortman, Washington, DC, for Robert
and Mary Schindler, Amici Curiae; Mary L. Wakeman, Russell E. Carlisle, Lauchlin T. Waldoch and Edwin M.
Boyer, Tallahassee, FL, for the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, Inc., and the National Academy of
Elder Law Attorneys, Amici Curiae; Scott M. Solkoff, Chair, Mary L. Wakeman, and Lauchlin T. Waldoch,
Tallahassee, FL for The Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar, Amicus Curiae; and Jon B. Eisenberg and David
S. Ettinger of Horvitz and Levy, LLP, Encino, California and Bruce G. Howie, St. Petersburg, FL, for 55
Bioethicists and Autonomy, Inc., Amici Curiae.
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