EVANS PACKING CO. v. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

No. BP-312.

550 So.2d 112 (1989)

EVANS PACKING COMPANY, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlie Luckie, Jr., of McGee, Luckie, Tyner, a div. of Dayton, Sumner, Luckie & McKnight, Brooksville, for appellant.

Frank A. Graham, Jr., Resident Counsel, Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Tallahassee, for appellee.


ZEHMER, Judge.

Evans Packing Company appeals a final order of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that suspended Evans's license to operate as a citrus fruit dealer for two years and directed it to pay an administrative fine of $200,000. Because the order is based upon an erroneous construction and application of the statutes involved and the record is wholly lacking in clear and convincing proof that Evans violated the statutes as charged, we reverse...

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