Fla. High Court: Casinos Can’t Use ‘Extraordinary’ Writ To Challenge Gaming Compact

(March 22, 2024, 11:51 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two casinos are not entitled to a writ of quo warranto because their petition essentially challenges the substantive constitutionality of a state statute implementing a gaming compact signed between Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida that allows the tribe to operate sports gambling because the writ cannot be used for such substantive challenges, the Florida Supreme Court found in denying the casinos’ petition on March 21....