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ST., DEPT., AGRIC. v. MID-FLA GROWERS, INC.

No. 86-2785.

505 So.2d 592 (1987)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, Appellant, v. MID-FLORIDA GROWERS, INC., and Himrod & Himrod Citrus Nursery, a Partnership Composed of Joe Himrod and Joe B. Himrod, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Lewis Michaels, Tallahassee, for appellant.

M. Stephen Turner of Culpepper, Pelham, Turner & Mannheimer, Tallahassee, for appellees.

RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

We are here concerned with a complicated issue of law which appears to challenge the long-standing precept that the government, through its police power, may destroy or regulate property "to promote the health, morals and safety of the community" without compensating the property owner for the loss of use of the property or for a decrease in property value. The issue on this appeal is whether the state of Florida, pursuant to its police...

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