CHAVEZ v. CITY OF TAMPA

No. 88-01709.

560 So.2d 1214 (1990)

Helen CHAVEZ, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. CITY OF TAMPA, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy M. Burns and Jacqueline W. Hubbard of Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, P.A., Clearwater, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Charlene V. Edwards, Asst. City Atty., Tampa, for appellee/cross-appellant.


PER CURIAM.

In this case we reverse the trial court's award of attorney's fees and costs incurred by a city official in successfully defending charges of unethical conduct before the Florida Commission on Ethics (the commission) because there is no authority for the award.

The appellant, Helen Chavez, is a restauratrice in Tampa and at all relevant times was a member of the Tampa City Council. In her capacity as businesswoman, she petitioned the city for a...

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