Silver Star Citizens' Committee v. City Council of Orlando

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a petition for writ of certiorari presented to the Circuit Court, Ninth Judicial Circuit for Orange County, by which petitioners, appellants here, sought to have reviewed the adoption by the City Council, City of Orlando, of certain zoning regulations affecting a parcel of land recently annexed to the city.

At the outset we find ourselves compelled to treat, more seriously than counsel have treated the matter, a point regarding jurisdiction over the subject matter. The petition presented to the circuit court does not identify either petitioner as…