ROCO TOBACCO v. DIV. OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

No. 3D02-2180.

934 So.2d 479 (2004)

ROCO TOBACCO (USA), INC., Appellant, v. FLORIDA DIV. OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, etc., et al., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied November 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robbins & Reynolds and Robert A. Robbins, and Barry M. Boren, for appellant/cross appellee.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and James A. Peters, Special Counsel (Tallahassee), for appellee/cross appellant.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE, and SHEPHERD, JJ.


SHEPHERD, J.

This is an appeal of a final order granting the State's Motion for Summary Judgment and imposing discovery sanctions and costs against Roco Tobacco and its attorney. We affirm the lower court on the grant of summary judgment and on the imposition of discovery sanctions under Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.380, but reverse as to the costs awarded sua sponte.

This case arose in September 2000, when Roco Tobacco, an...

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