Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services v. Miami-Dade County

I concur in granting certiorari but would address the merits of the petition.

The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services applied for an administrative search warrant and the trial court refused to issue it. The trial court ruled that there is no statutory authority for the issuance of a search warrant for the citrus canker inspection program.

The Department has not made any claim that the present controversy will be moot if this court concludes (as it has) that Miami-Dade County and the City of North Miami did not have standing to bring a constitutional challenge to the agriculture…