FORD v. ORLANDO UTILITIES COM'N

No. 81440.

629 So.2d 845 (1994)

Jim FORD, etc., Petitioner, v. ORLANDO UTILITIES COMMISSION, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Griffith, Jr. of Cianfrongna, Telfer, Reda & Feherty, P.A., Titusville, Joe Teague Caruso, Merritt Island, and Larry E. Levy, Tallahassee, for petitioners.

Thomas B. Tart, Orlando Utilities Com'n, Steven R. Bechtel of Mateer, Harbert & Bates, P.A., and Leon H. Handley and Robert S. Green of Gurney & Handley, P.A., Orlando, for respondents.

Kraig A. Conn, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Florida League of Cities, Inc., and Frederick M. Bryant and William J. Peebles of Moore, Williams, Bryant, Peebles & Gautier, P.A., Tallahassee, amici curiae for Florida League of Cities, Inc., Florida Mun. Elec. Ass'n, Florida Mun. Power Agency, City of Alachua, City of Bushnell, Gainesville Regional Utilities, Kissimmee Utility Authority, Utilities Com'n of the City of New Smyrna Beach, and City of Ocala.


OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Northcutt v. Orlando Utilities Commission, 614 So.2d 612 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993), in which the district court held that property owned by the Orlando Utilities Commission in Brevard County is entitled to the constitutional tax exemption for municipal property as provided under article VII, section 3(a), Florida Constitution. The district court certified the following as a question of great...

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