HUBBART, Judge.
The central issue involved in this appeal is whether a trial court is authorized to award attorneys fees to the prevailing party in a civil contempt proceeding as against a municipality under Section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1979). We hold that the trial court is so authorized by the above statute, but only where "the court finds that there was a complete absence of a justiciable issue of either law or fact raised by the losing party." As no such...
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