Case Name: SURF CAFE, INC., Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION OF the STATE of Florida, DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-02-25
Citations: 705 So. 2d 1074
Docket Number: No. 97-2459
Parties: SURF CAFE, INC., Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION OF the STATE of Florida, DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO, Respondent.
Judges: STONE, C.J., and WARNER, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 705
Pages: 1074–1074

Head Matter:
SURF CAFE, INC., Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION OF the STATE of Florida, DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO, Respondent.
No. 97-2459.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 25, 1998.
Harold F.X. Purnell of Rutledge, Ecenia, Underwood, Purnell & Hoffman, P.A., Tallahassee, for petitioner.
Lisa S. Nelson, Deputy General Counsel, Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
FARMER, Judge.
The issue in this case is identical to the one we have decided in Silver Show, Inc. v. Dep't of Bus. & Prof. Reg., 706 So.2d 386 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). The respondent attempts to distinguish this case from Silver Show because the temporary license in that case resulted from an application to transfer existing permanent licenses, while the temporary license in this case resulted from an application for a new license. Because the licensing statutes do not distinguish between temporary licenses on that basis, we reach the same conclusion in this case. The temporary license in question remains valid and has not expired pending the entry of a final order after the formal hearing requested by the applicant.
STONE, C.J., and WARNER, J., concur.