ASS'N OF COMMUNITY ORG. v. FLORIDA CITY

No. 81-1297.

411 So.2d 976 (1982)

ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW (ACORN), a Non-Profit Corporation, Verna Lee Dukes; Alberta Gidden, Individually and On Behalf of All Those Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. CITY OF FLORIDA CITY, a Municipal Corporation; John Calualtti, in His Capacity As Mayor of Florida City; Otis Wallace; Juanita Smith; Arturo De Leon; Jennie Notaro, in Their Official Capacity As City Commissioners of the City of Florida City, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Hoffman, Coral Gables, for appellants.

Joseph F. Tomassi, Homstead, for appellees.

Before HENDRY and BASKIN, JJ., and LETTS, GAVIN K., Associate Judge.


BASKIN, Judge.

Property owners filed a class action suit against Florida City challenging sewer assessments. They contested the validity of assessments for inaccessible sewers which they asserted conferred no special benefit on their property. They urged the court to grant summary judgment. The City also filed a motion for summary judgment in which it contended the assessments were legal and that the property owners received special benefits from the sewer system...

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