ADDISON v. CITY OF TAMPA

No. 2D09-3574.

31 So.3d 304 (2010)

Michael C. ADDISON and Richard T. Petitt, for themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. CITY OF TAMPA, Florida, Individually, and as representative of all other Florida municipalities similarly situated, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Wallace Pope, Jr., of Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppell & Burns, LLP, Clearwater; Stephen A. Scott of Stephen A. Scott, P.A., Gainesville; Joseph C. Moffa of Moffa & Gainor, P.A., Fort Lauderdale; Brett Alan Panter and David Sampedro of Panter, Panter & Sampedro, P.A., Miami; and Herbert T. Schwartz of Bailey & Galyen, Houston, Texas, for Appellants.

Chip Fletcher, City Attorney, and Jerry M. Gewirtz, Chief Assistant City Attorney, and Melvia B. Green, Assistant City Attorney, for Appellee.

Prior report: 2009 WL 2058356.


VILLANTI, Judge.

Michael C. Addison and Richard T. Petitt, for themselves and all others similarly situated (Appellants), appeal the trial court's order that decertified the defendant class in this action concerning the constitutionality of imposing certain occupational license taxes on attorneys. This decertification order was based on an earlier ruling that had relied on the home venue privilege to dismiss all of the members of the defendant class that were not...

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