PATCHEN v. STATE DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

No. 3D01-1440.

817 So.2d 854 (2002)

Brian P. PATCHEN and Barbara Patchen, his wife, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion on Denial of Rehearing May 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earle & Patchen, P.A., and Brian P. Patchen and Edward Guedes, for appellants.

Adorno & Zeder, P.A., and Wesley R. Parsons and Jack R. Reiter, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, GODERICH, and FLETCHER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Property owners Brian and Barbara Patchen appeal from an order of final summary judgment in an action for inverse condemnation of healthy residential citrus trees. We affirm.

On October 31, 2000, agents of the State of Florida arrived, allegedly without notice, at the Patchens' home on Miami Beach to destroy their six healthy, mature, fruit-laden citrus trees. The owners denied entry to the tree-cutters, who returned with police officers. The officers...

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