CAPELLA v. CITY OF GAINESVILLE

No. 55986.

377 So.2d 658 (1979)

Joseph A. CAPELLA, Appellant, v. CITY OF GAINESVILLE, Etc., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Brooten, Jr. and Jay Fleisher, Law Offices of Kenneth E. Brooten, Jr., Gainesville, for appellant.

J.T. Frankenberger, City Atty. and George H. Nickerson, Jr., County Atty., Gainesville, for appellees.

Ralph A. Marsicano, General Counsel, Tampa, and Claude L. Mullis, Staff Atty., Tallahassee, for Florida League of Cities, Inc., amicus curiae.


ALDERMAN, Justice.

By direct appeal, the plaintiff in the trial court, Joseph A. Capella, seeks reversal of the final order of the Circuit Court of Alachua County, upholding the constitutionality of chapter 77-557, Laws of Florida (1977), and granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants, City of Gainesville and Gainesville Corporate Limits Council, in a suit protesting annexation of certain land to the City of Gainesville. We affirm the decision of the trial...

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