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CITY OF MIAMI v. ARONOVITZ

114 So.2d 784 (1959)

CITY OF MIAMI, an incorporated municipality of and in Dade County, Florida; the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, and Robert King High, the Mayor of the City of Miami, and the individual commissioners, including Otis Shiver, George W. DuBreuil, B.E. Hearn, Sr., and James W. High; Walter Headley, the Chief of Police of said city, and E.A. Evans, as city manager of said city, Appellants, v. Abe ARONOVITZ, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied October 27, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Pallot, Jack R. Rice, Jr., and Vivion B. Rutherford, Miami, for appellants.

Aronovitz, Aronovitz & Haverfield and Franks & Gordon and H.H. Eyles, Miami, for appellee.

Smathers, Thompson & Dyer, George F. Meister, Miami, Fla., Charles C. Collins, Ross D. Netherton, Jr., Washington, D.C., and Joseph H. Braun, Hugh Neill Johnson and Robert G. Corbett, Chicago, Ill., amici curiae, American Automobile Ass'n, Inc.

THORNAL, Judge.

The appellants here who were defendants below seek reversal of an order temporarily restraining them from systematically stopping automobiles for the purpose of checking drivers' licenses.

The principal question for determination is whether a municipal police department can operate a "road block" or similar system for the purpose of checking automobile drivers' licenses.

Appellee Aronovitz, a resident and former mayor of Miami, while...

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