Legal Opinion
Stanley Haves, Marjorie Haves, His Wife v. City of Miami, a Municipal Corporation Organized Under the Laws of the State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 19, 1995No. 93-4762PublishedCited by 376 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
In this case we must decide whether the district court properly granted summary judgment on Appellants’ equal protection challenge to two City of Miami, Florida, ordinances prohibiting some, but not all, houseboats in the City. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
Appellants Stanley and Marjorie Haves have lived aboard a houseboat 1 in the City of Miami (City or Appellee) since 1970. Their houseboat is moored in the Little River Canal, alongside unimproved property owned by Marjorie Haves. The property is zoned R-l residential by the City.
The City permitted residential use of…
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