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SARASOTA COUNTY v. TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY

Nos. 53318, 53247.

375 So.2d 847 (1979)

SARASOTA COUNTY, Florida, Appellant-Petitioner, v. TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY et al., Appellees-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talbot D'Alemberte and Donald M. Middlebrooks of Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, and Richard E. Nelson, Richard L. Smith and Leslie Telford of Nelson, Hesse, Cyril & Weber, Sarasota, for appellant-petitioner.

I.W. Whitesell, Jr. of Wood, Whitesell & Karp, Sarasota, for Town of Longboat Key; William C. Strode of Strode, Hereford & Taylor, Sarasota, for City of Sarasota; William R. Korp of Isphording, Payne, Korp & Muirhead, Venice, for City of Venice; and Allen J. Levin, Port Charlotte, for City of North Port, appellees-respondents.

BOYD, Justice.

Three cities and a town filed suit under section 125.01(6), Florida Statutes (1975), which implements article VIII, section 1(h), Florida Constitution, against the appellant Sarasota County. The municipalities were seeking relief from the levy of taxes allegedly used to finance services which were of no real or substantial benefit to residents or property of the incorporated areas of the county. The Sarasota County Circuit Court held for the plaintiffs...

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