On August 17, the lawsuit Morton v Crist was moved from U.S. District Court in Fort Myers, back to state court in Fort Myers.  The lawsuit had originally been filed in state court on June 22, but it had moved to federal court in July.

The issue is whether various donors to Governor Charlie Crist are entitled to a refund of their campaign contributions.  They gave money to his U.S. Senate race while he was still running as a Republican.  They are angry that he switched to being an independent candidate.  They assert that this is a contract dispute, not a campaign finance lawsuit.  All campaign finance laws concerning candidates for federal office are federal laws; states are not permitted to have campaign finance laws for federal office.  This is partly why there has been so much confusion as to whether this case belongs in federal or state court.