Hoesch v. Broward County

ROSENBERG, ROBIN L., Associate Judge.

Brian Hoesch and South Florida Siberian Husky Rescue, Inc., appeal a final summary judgment denying relief in their declaratory judgment suit filed against Broward County, Florida. That suit challenged two Broward County ordinances regulating dangerous dogs on the grounds that they are in conflict with state law. We find that the ordinances conflict with state law, and reverse.

The relevant facts are undisputed. Hoesch’s dog, Mercedes, escaped from Hoesch’s back yard and attacked and killed a neighbor’s cat. Prior to this incident, Mercedes had never been…