NORTH BROWARD HOSP. DIST. v. FORNES

No. 66115.

476 So.2d 154 (1985)

NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT, a Special Tax District, Petitioner, v. Sharon T. FORNES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Zei of Gibbs and Zei, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Musselman, Rhinehardt, Welch and Korthals, Pompano Beach, and James C. Pilkey of Taylor, Brion, Buker and Greene, Miami, for respondent.

James R. Wolf, Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, for Fla. League of Cities.

H. Lee Moffitt and Debra L. Romanello of Moffitt, Hart and Miller, Tampa, for Waste Management, Inc.

Parker D. Thomson, Douglas M. Halsey and Susan H. Aprill, Miami, for Common Cause of Fla.

John H. Rains, III, of Annis, Mitchell, Cockey, Edwards and Roehn, Tampa, and Thomas W. Reese, St. Petersburg, for Manasota '88, Inc.


ALDERMAN, Justice.

We review the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Fornes v. North Broward Hospital District, 455 So.2d 584 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984), which certified the following question to be of great public importance:

Does a taxpayer who alleges that the taxing authority is acting illegally in expending public funds, which will increase his tax burden, have standing to sue to prevent such expenditure...

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