CITY OF PLANT CITY v. MAYO

Nos. 47713, 47727, 47728, 48475 and 48489.

337 So.2d 966 (1976)

CITY OF PLANT CITY et al., Petitioners, v. William T. MAYO et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Buchman, Plant City, for City of Plant City.

Lawrence Braisted, Braisted & Hill, Winter Haven, for City of Winter Haven.

Henry E. Williams, Jr., City Atty., William T. Keen, Matias Blanco, Jr., Jack W. Crooks and Stann W. Givens, Asst. City Attys., for City of Tampa.

John S. Lloyd, City Atty. and Mikele S. Carter, Asst. City Atty., Miami, for City of Miami, and John C. Chew, Frank B. Gummey, III, and Gregory J. McDole.

J. Kermit Coble, Coble, McKinnon, Reynolds & Rothert, Daytona Beach, for City of Daytona Beach.

William L. Weeks, Prentice P. Pruitt and Donald R. Alexander, Tallahassee, for respondents.

Woodie A. Liles, Public Counsel, C. Earl Henderson, Associate Public Counsel, and Donald W. Weidner, Deputy Public Counsel, Tallahassee, for the Citizens of the State of Florida.

D. Fred McMullen, Lee L. Willis and James D. Beasley, Ausley, McMullen, McGehee, Carothers & Proctor, Tallahassee, for Tampa Elec. Co.

Ralph A. Marsicano, Tampa, and Burton M. Michaels, Tallahassee, for Florida League of Cities, Inc.

Carl R. Linn, St. Petersburg, for City of St. Petersburg.

George H. Salley, Salley, Barns & Pajon, Miami, for Maule Industries, Inc.

John S. Lloyd, City Atty., and Mikele S. Carter, Asst. City Atty., Miami, for City of Miami, amicus curiae.


ENGLAND, Justice.

By petitions for writ of certiorari to the Public Service Commission we are asked to review a decision of the Commission that municipal franchise fees paid by electric utility companies in Florida should no longer be considered as a general operating expense payable by all of the utilities' customers, but rather should be separately billed by the utility to the customers of the municipalities which impose...

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