Schmitt v. Monroe County

Full title: BRUCE SCHMITT, BRIAN SCHMITT, ET AL., APPELLANTS/CROSS-APPELLEES, v…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Mar 30, 1993

614 So. 2d 547 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

Opinion

No. 91-2683.

January 26, 1993. Rehearing Denied March 30, 1993.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County; Richard G. Payne, Judge.

Mattson Tobin and James S. Mattson, Key Largo, Michael Halpern, Key West, Erol M. Vural, P.A., Summerland Key, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Apgar Theriaque and Robert C. Apgar, Tallahassee, Randy Ludacer, Monroe Cty. Atty., Key West, G. Steven Pfeiffer and Sherry A. Spiers and David L. Jordan, Tallahassee, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before COPE, LEVY and GERSTEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The order denying attorney's fees is affirmed on authority of Couf v. DeBlaker, 652 F.2d 585 (5th Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 921, 102 S.Ct. 1278, 71 L.Ed.2d 462 (1982); and Chiplin Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Lebanon, 712 F.2d 1524 (1st Cir. 1983); see County Line Joint Venture v. City of Grand Prairie, Texas, 839 F.2d 1142 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 890, 109 S.Ct. 223, 102 L.Ed.2d 214 (1988); Quinn v. Bryson, 739 F.2d 8 (1st Cir. 1984); see also Paul v. Davis, 424 U.S. 693, 96 S.Ct. 1155, 47 L.Ed.2d 405 (1976); Sharrow v. City of Dania, 83 So.2d 274 (Fla. 1955). See generally Farrar v. Hobby, ___ U.S. ___, 113 S.Ct. 566, 121 L.Ed.2d 494 (1992).

As to the cross-appeal, we affirm.

Affirmed.