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STATE, DEPARTMENT OF CITRUS v. GRIFFIN

No. 75-171.

332 So.2d 54 (1976)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monterey Campbell, of Campbell, Dunlap, Coward & Blakeman, Bartow, for appellant.

Charles E. Davis and Stephen P. Kanar, of Fishback, Davis, Dominick & Simonet, Orlando, for appellees.

Raymer F. Maguire, Jr., of Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, Orlando, for amicus curiae.

McNULTY, Chief Judge.

This case involves an award of attorney's fees in the amount of $333,000 to counsel for plaintiffs-appellees in a class action under the rationale of Tenney v. City of Miami Beach;1 that is to say, attorney's fees allegedly due for services rendered to the benefit of members of the class and payable out of a fund allegedly preserved as a result of such services. We reverse.

The fees were awarded in...

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