PALM BEACH SHORES v. CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH

No. 4D04-4869.

916 So.2d 25 (2005)

TOWN OF PALM BEACH SHORES, Appellant, v. CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack J. Aiello and John Mariani of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Elliot H. Scherker and Elliot B. Kula of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, and Susan Fleischner Kornspan of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

In 1951 the City of Riviera Beach purchased a water treatment system from the adjacent town of Palm Beach Shores (town) and agreed to charge the residents of the town the same water rates as it charged its own residents. The trial court held that a statute passed in 1970 authorizing cities to charge users outside their city limits up to twenty-five percent more than those inside the city limits, rendered the rate limitation in the contract invalid. Although...

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