District Court of Appeal of Florida

A motion for rehearing is denied but a motion to certify a question is granted as to the issue of whether, in enacting certain state law, the legislature intended that prison facilities constructed and run by private contractors and leased to the state under a lease-purchase agreement would be subject to ad valorem taxes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/22/2006
• Published 05/22/2006

Judges

• ERVIN, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Larry E. Levy and Loren E. Levy of The Levy Law Firm, Tallahassee, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee, Rick Barnett., Douglas L. Smith of Burke, Blue, Hutchinson & Walters, P.A., Panama City, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee, Peggy Brannon., Robert C. Reid and Theresa Proctor of Bryant, Miller & Olive, P.A., Tallahassee, and Michael S. Davis of Bryant, Miller & Olive, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.