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CITY OF HOLLYWOOD v. MULLIGAN

No. SC04-990.

934 So.2d 1238 (2006)

CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, Petitioner, v. Colon Bernard MULLIGAN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 6, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Abbott, City Attorney, Hollywood, FL, for Petitioner.

Ronald S. Guralnick, Miami, FL, for Respondent.

Robert S. Glazier, Miami, FL, Maria Chiaro, Interim City Attorney and Warren Bittner, Assistant City Attorney, Miami, FL on behalf of City of Miami; Edward G. Guedes and Harriet R. Lewis of Weiss, Serota, Helfman, Pastoriza, Guedes, Cole and Boniske, P.A., Miami, FL on behalf of City of Dania Beach, FL and City of West Palm Beach, FL; Keith W. Davis of Corbett and White, P.A., General Counsel, Lake Worth, FL on behalf of the Palm Beach County League of Cities, Inc., for Amici Curiae.

BELL, J.

The Fourth District Court of Appeal has certified the following question to us as one of great public importance:

Does the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act preempt local governments from adopting ordinances imposing forfeiture of personal property for misdemeanor offenses?

Mulligan v. City of Hollywood, 871 So.2d 249, 257 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).1 The Fourth District answered...

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