Legal Opinion
Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services v. Lopez-Brignoni
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 12, 2012No. 3D10-2024PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLagoa, J.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (“Department”) appeals a non-final order granting an amended.motion for class certification filed by the representatives of a putative class of Miami-Dade County homeowners (“homeowners”) affected by the Department’s Citrus Canker Eradication Program (“CCEP”).
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The proceedings below were initiated on behalf of the homeowners to recover compensation for the destruction of healthy residential citrus trees by the Department pursuant to its CCEP. After this Court remanded the matter for a hearing on class…
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