Legal Opinion

Cash Inn of Dade, Inc., a Florida Corporation, D/B/A Cash U.S.A. North v. Metropolitan Dade County, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided August 14, 1991No. 90-5526PublishedCited by 78 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this appeal we are asked to review the constitutionality of a local ordinance which requires pawnbrokers in Dade County to close their business at 5:00 p.m. Plaintiff Cash Inn, a pawnshop located in Dade County, maintains that this regulation arbitrarily interferes with its constitutional right to engage in a lawful business. It contends that the ordinance bears no rational relation to the goal of inhibiting the disposition of stolen property. We conclude that the ordinance is rationally related to a permissible governmental interest and thus affirm the district…

2Cases cited27 opinions

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3Cited by78 opinions

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