Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2004

HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASS'N v. Blanchard

HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASS'N v. Blanchard
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 27, 2004 · Barfield
884 So. 2d 411; 2004 WL 2146916 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASS'N v. Blanchard

Opinion

884 So.2d 411 (2004)

FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, etc., Appellant,
v.
Mary BLANCHARD and Edward Blanchard, Appellees.

No. 1D03-5013.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 27, 2004.

Leonard E. Ireland, Jr., and Jennifer R. Williams, of Clayton-Johnston, P.A., Gainesville, for Appellant.

Willie J. Walker and LaFonda E. Gipson, of The Walker Law Offices, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellees.

BARFIELD, J.

We continue to adhere to the rule that Florida courts may interfere in the internal affairs of a private association only under exceptional circumstances. See the *412 court's discussion in Florida High School Athletic Association v. Melbourne Central Catholic High School, 867 So.2d 1281 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). Having found that imposition of the injunction in this case is not supported by any such exceptional circumstances, we REVERSE.

VAN NORTWICK and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.

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