FLORIDA ROCK INDUSTRIES v. ALACHUA COUNTY

No. 98-3104.

721 So.2d 741 (1998)

FLORIDA ROCK INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, v. ALACHUA COUNTY, Florida, a political subdivision of the State of Florida; Beverly Hill, as Supervisor of Elections of Alachua County, Florida; Clean Air Ordinance Committee Of Alachua County, a political committee under Florida law; Arthur W. Saarinen, Jr., individually and as Chair of the Clean Air Ordinance Committee of Alachua County; and Gloria Hughes, individually and as Treasurer of the Clean Air Ordinance Committee of Alachua County, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Smith, Jr., of Hopping, Green, Sams & Smith, Tallahassee; and John A. DeVault, III, of Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Mary A. Marshall, County Attorney, and Robert M. Ott, County Litigation Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee Alachua County.

Ronald A. Labasky, of Skelding, Labasky, Corry, Eastman, Hauser, Jolly & Metz, Tallahassee, for appellee Beverly Hill, Supervisor of Elections.

Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, for appellee Clean Air Ordinance Committee of Alachua County.


PER CURIAM.

The Clean Air Ordinance Committee of Alachua County obtained a sufficient number of signatures from registered voters to submit a proposed ordinance to the Alachua County Commission. The commission refused to adopt the ordinance and, in accordance with the county's charter, it was therefore ordered to be placed on the ballot at the next general election. Florida Rock Industries, Inc., brought an action in the Circuit Court for Alachua County which challenged...

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