
Gainesville Residents United, Inc.
Legal Case History
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2023 Gainesville Residents United (Wheeler, Hutchinson, Bottcher, Little, Marvel) vs State and City officials in federal courts seeking to invalidate HB1645 and thus GRUA. Dismissed on procedural grounds. We considered refiling in Florida courts but chose not to.
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2023 Gainesville Residents United (Hutchinson and Shapiro) vs Governor DeSantis in Florida courts (QW). Settlement agreement that all GRUA members resign and governor reappoint new members. Subsequent dismissal without prejudice.
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2023 Professor Joe Little (Young and Hammer) vs City and GRUA members in Florida courts (QW). Dismissed, with leave to amend.
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2024 GRUA vs City of Gainesville challenging 2024 referendum. Partially denied, plaintiff appealing.
The Law 2023-348, implementing 2023 HB1645 and signed
by Gov. DeSantis, can be found HERE