PINELLAS COUNTY, ETC. v. CASTLE

No. 54452.

392 So.2d 1292 (1980)

PINELLAS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, Appellant, v. Michael F. CASTLE, Castle Construction Company and Mike Castle Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Varner, Jr., Asst. County Atty., Clearwater, for appellant.

John L. Riley, St. Petersburg, for appellees.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and William M. Grodnick, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for the State of Florida, Dept. of Legal Affairs, amicus curiae.


OVERTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final judgment of the circuit court holding unconstitutional a special act, chapter 76-471, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter 77-639, creating the Uniform Consumer Protection Act of Pinellas County. We have jurisdiction.1 We find the act constitutional and reverse.

The appellee Castle was charged with various acts constituting unfair and...

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