SLEMP v. CITY OF NORTH MIAMI

No. 71549.

545 So.2d 256 (1989)

Fletcher SLEMP and Dora Slemp, Petitioners, v. CITY OF NORTH MIAMI, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied July 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Pepe of Pepe & Nemire, P.A., Coral Gables, for petitioners.

Thomas M. Pflaum and Pedro P. Echarte, Jr. of Simon, Schindler, Hurst & Sandberg, Miami, for respondent.


SHAW, Justice.

We have for review Slemp v. City of North Miami, 515 So.2d 353 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), in which the district court certified its decision as passing upon a question of great public importance. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We quash the decision of the district court.

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