Legal Opinion
Castin v. Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 18, 2005No. Nos. 4D04-846, 4D04-1738PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
These consolidated appeals are from non-final orders, one of which certified a class action and one of which denied certification of a class action. The plaintiffs in both cases seek damages for citrus trees destroyed by the citrus canker eradication program in Palm Beach County. We affirm the order certifying the class in the Mendez case (4D04-1738) for the same reasons we affirmed certification in Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services v. City of Pompano Beach, 829 So.2d 928 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. denied, 845 So.2d 889 (2003). See also Patchen v. Florida Department of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Execu-Tech Business Systems, Inc. v. Appleton Papers Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
- FLA. DEPT. OF AGR. AND CONSUMER SERVICES v. City of Pompano BeachDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
- Patchen v. FLORIDA DEPT. OF AGRICULTURESupreme Court of Florida · 2005
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services v. DellaselvaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
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- Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services v. MendezDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013