Supreme Court of Florida

Judgment in favor of defendant, requiring plaintiff-power company to continue paying a franchise fee that had been due under a now-expired franchise agreement, is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/28/2004
• Published 10/28/2004

Judges

• LEWIS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sylvia H. Walbolt, Joseph H. Lang, Jr., and Hunter W. Carroll, St. Petersburg, FL, and Gary L. Sasso, Tampa, FL, of Carlton Fields, P.A., and R. Alexander Glenn, Associate General Counsel of Progress Energy Service Company, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida, for Petitioner., Kenneth R. Hart and J. Jeffry Wahlen of Ausley and McMullen, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Tampa Electric Company;  William B. Willingham and Michelle Hershel, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc.;  Ron A. Adams of Steel Hector and Davis, LLP and Jean G. Howard, Office of General Counsel, Miami, FL, on behalf of Florida Power and Light Company;  and Harry Morrison, Jr., and Rebecca A. O'Hara, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida League of Cities, Inc., as Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas A. Cloud, Tracy A. Marshall, and George N. Meros, Jr., of Gray, Harris and Robinson, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Respondent., Gordon H. Harris, Orlando, for Respondent.