Legal Opinion
West Villages Improvement District v. North Port Road & Drainage District
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 28, 2010No. 2D09-2221PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, Judge.
In this second-tier certiorari proceeding, West Villages Improvement District seeks to quash the circuit court’s order which upheld non-ad valorem special assessments imposed by the North Port Road and Drainage District (NPRDD) upon real property owned by West Villages. We conclude that the circuit court departed from the essential requirements of law by failing to apply the principle espoused in Blake v. City of Tampa, 115 Fla. 848, 156 So. 97 (1934), and therefore, we grant cer-tiorari.
I. Background
West Villages is an independent special district of the State of Florida,…
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