WESLEY GROUP HOME MINISTRIES v. HALLANDALE

No. 95-0969.

670 So.2d 1046 (1996)

WESLEY GROUP HOME MINISTRIES, INC., a not-for-profit corporation, Appellant, v. CITY OF HALLANDALE, a Florida municipal corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Romanik of Romanik, Lavin, Huss & Paoli, Hollywood, for appellant.

Richard Kane of City Attorney for Hallandale, Hallandale, for appellee.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 24, 1996.

GROSS, Judge.

Wesley Group Home Ministries, Inc. appeals the trial court's denial of its motion for attorney's fees under the Fair Housing Act. We reverse, because the certiorari proceeding below was the type of "civil action" for which Congress intended to allow attorney's fees to a party prevailing under the Act.

Wesley applied to appellee City of Hallandale for a zoning variance to allow a residential...

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