Jorge Labarga
| Jorge Labarga | |
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| Justice of the Florida Supreme Court | |
| In office Jan. 6, 2009 – Present | |
| Nominated by | Florida Judicial Nominating Commission |
| Appointed by | Charlie Crist |
| Preceded by | Harry Lee Anstead |
| Succeeded by | None |
Jorge Labarga is a Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, taking office on January 6, 2009. He was a Judge for the 15th Circuit Court in Palm Beach County, Florida from 1996 until 2009. He is notable as the judge who refused a new vote during the 2000 U.S. Presidential election on the grounds that the Constitution stated that an election must be held everywhere in the United States on the same day, not just in one area.
Prior to his Supreme Court appointment, Labarga had been appointed by Governor Charlie Crist to the Fourth District Court of Appeal for Florida, an intermediate appellate court based in West Palm Beach, Florida. He served in that position only a single day, January 5, 2009. His term on that court was cut short when Governor Crist quickly elevated Labarga to the Florida Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Harry Lee Anstead.
Labarga was born in Havana, Cuba.
Education
- Labarga received his Bachelors degree from the University of Florida. He also received his Juris Doctor from this institution in 1979. After law school he became an Assistant Public Defender. In 1996, Governor Lawton Chiles appointed him a Circuit Court Judge.
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