Addison v. City of Tampa

VILLANTI, Judge.

Michael C. Addison and Richard T. Pet-itt, for themselves and all others similarly situated (Appellants), appeal the trial court’s order that decertified the defendant class in this action concerning the constitutionality of imposing certain occupational license taxes on attorneys. This decertification order was based on an earlier ruling that had relied on the home venue privilege to dismiss all of the members of the defendant class that were not located in Hillsborough County. Appellants sought review of the trial court’s venue order in Addison v. City of Tampa.

In the…