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CITY OF PALM BAY v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

No. SC11-830.

114 So.3d 924 (2013)

CITY OF PALM BAY, Appellant, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 16, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James David Stokes , City Attorney, Andrew Patrick Lannon , Palm Bay, FL, and Steven L. Brannock , Tampa, FL, for Petitioner.

Matthew J. Conigliaro and Leah A. Sevi of Carlton Fields, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, Michael K. Winston of Carlton Fields, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, for Respondent.

Mark Partick Barnebey , Scott Ellis Rudacille , and Kurt Eugene Lee of Kirk Pinkerton, P.A., Sarasota, FL, for Amicus Curiae City of Palmetto.

Jamie Alan Cole and Susan Lanelle Trevarthen of Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L., Fort Lauderdale, FL, Edward G. Guedes of Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L., Coral Gables, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida League of Cities.

Erin Jane O'Leary , Catherine Dwyer Reischmann , William Edward Reischmann , Usher Larry Brown of Brown, Garganese, Weiss & D'Agresta, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Amicus Curiae City of Casselberry, Florida, City of Palm Coast, Florida, and City Winter Park, Florida.

Heather M. Christman of Christman Law, P.L., Winter Haven, FL and Stephen Russell Senn of Peterson & Meyers, P.A., Lakeland, FL, for Amicus Curiae Peter and Laurie Pepe and Port Malabar Country Club, Inc.

Alan Beaumont Fields , Tallahassee, Florida and Homer Duvall, III , St. Petersburg, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida Land Title Association.

Virginia Bullerman Townes and Carrie Ann Wozniak of Akerman Senterfitt, Orlando, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida Bankers Association.

CANADY, J.

In this case we consider whether a municipal ordinance may validly establish superpriority status for municipal code enforcement liens. In City of Palm Bay v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 57 So.3d 226 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011), the Fifth District Court of Appeal concluded that such an ordinance superpriority provision is invalid because it conflicts with a state statute and that the City's lien accordingly did not have priority...

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