STATE, DEPARTMENT OF CITRUS v. GRIFFIN

No. 38814.

239 So.2d 577 (1970)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF CITRUS, Appellant, v. C.V. GRIFFIN, Sr., and C.V. Griffin Groves, a Florida Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monterey Campbell, of Tomasello, Campbell, Dunlap & Norris, Bartow, for appellant.

Charles E. Davis, of Fishback, Davis, Dominick & Salfi, Orlando, and Robert M. Ervin, of Ervin, Pennington, Varn & Jacobs, Tallahassee, for appellees.

Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, Tampa, Willard Ayres, of Greene, Ayres, Swigert, Cluster & Tucker, Ocala, and Counts Johnson, Tampa, for Florida Citrus Mutual and Indian River Citrus League as amici curiae.


CARLTON, Justice.

Appellees, members of the Citrus industry, brought suit for declaratory judgment in Circuit Court, Lake County, to test the validity of Fla. Stat. § 601.154, F.S.A., "[The] Orange Stabilization Act of Florida," and of Marketing Order 105-3.01 enacted pursuant to provisions of the Act. The Circuit Court adjudged that Fla. Stat. § 601.154(5), (f), (g) and (h), and § 601.154(12), F.S.A., were unconstitutional, and that the Marketing Order...

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