Case Name: Elwood J. HUNNEWELL, Jr., Appellant, v. PALM BEACH COUNTY, and Palm Beach County Code Enforcement Board, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, and Terry Verner, individually and as a Employee of Palm Beach County Code Enforcement, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-12-23
Citations: 723 So. 2d 353
Docket Number: No. 98-2608
Parties: Elwood J. HUNNEWELL, Jr., Appellant, v. PALM BEACH COUNTY, and Palm Beach County Code Enforcement Board, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, and Terry Verner, individually and as a Employee of Palm Beach County Code Enforcement, Appellees.
Judges: KLEIN, STEVENSON and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 723
Pages: 353–353

Head Matter:
Elwood J. HUNNEWELL, Jr., Appellant, v. PALM BEACH COUNTY, and Palm Beach County Code Enforcement Board, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, and Terry Verner, individually and as a Employee of Palm Beach County Code Enforcement, Appellees.
No. 98-2608
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 23, 1998.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 29, 1999.
Elwood J. Hunnewell, Jr., Loxahatehee, pro se.
Leonard Berger, Assistant County Attorney, West Palm Beach, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm an order denying appellant's petition for temporary injunction against the county enforcing Chapter 791, Florida Statutes (1997), which regulates the sale of fireworks. We reject appellant's argument that either the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2051 et seq. or the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1261 et seq. preempts states from regulating or prohibiting the sale of fireworks. See United States v. Marcyes, 557 F.2d 1361 (9th Cir.1977). Because appellant failed to demonstrate that the items he was selling were not fireworks within the definition contained in section 791.01(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1997) the trial court properly denied the injunction.
KLEIN, STEVENSON and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.