Legal Opinion
National Fishermen Producers Co-operative Society, Ltd., of Belize City v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 3, 1987No. 86-1395PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JORGENSON, Judge.
The Florida Marine Patrol seized 22,000 pounds of lobster tails which had been shipped from Belize, South America, via Miami International Airport. The tails were en route to Chicago and had been temporarily deposited with a Miami freight forwarder. The state instituted forfeiture proceedings pursuant to section 370.061, Florida Statutes (1985), which resulted in a joint stipulation of dismissal.1 Thereafter, the appellant, the National Fishermen Producer’s Co-operative Society (Co-op), the stipulated owner of the tails, petitioned the trial court for relief from the order of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Applegate v. Barnett Bank of TallahasseeSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
- New York Ex Rel. Silz v. HesterbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Bayside Fish Flour Co. v. GentrySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- White v. PentonSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
- Fulford v. GrahamDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. RaffieldDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
- United States v. BerdealDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2009
- NAT. FISHERMEN PROD. CO-OP. SOC. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987