Legal Opinion
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Town of Surfside
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 18, 1966No. 34783PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’CONNELL, Justice.
The District Court of Appeal, Third District, has certified that its decision reported at 177 So.2d 557 passes on a question of great public interest. We agree that this case is important for the precedent it will provide concerning the applicability of general law to municipal corporations and that its outcome is certainly a matter of great public interest.
This cause had its genesis in a 1963 ordinance by which the respondent town attempted to impose upon
“ * * * each telephone company doing business within the Town of Surfside pursuant to a franchise granted by the Town of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- West v. Town of Lake PlacidSupreme Court of Florida · 1929
- City of St. Petersburg v. Pinellas County Power Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1924
- Heriot v. City of PensacolaSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
- State ex rel. Lamar v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1899
- Coen v. LeeSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
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3Cited by8 opinions
- City of Tampa v. Birdsong Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1972
- BANANA RIVER PRO. v. City of Cocoa BeachDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
- City of Pompano Beach v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Pompano BeachDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
- Oceancoast Corp. v. City of Miami BeachDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
- Birdsong Motors, Inc. v. City of TampaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970
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