Case Name: POLICE PENSION BOARD, CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, Petitioner/Appellant, v. Christopher M. NEILSON, Respondent/Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-07-20
Citations: 435 So. 2d 325
Docket Number: Nos. 82-803, 82-813
Parties: POLICE PENSION BOARD, CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, Petitioner/Appellant, v. Christopher M. NEILSON, Respondent/Appellee.
Judges: DOWNEY, HERSEY and DELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 435
Pages: 325–326

Head Matter:
POLICE PENSION BOARD, CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, Petitioner/Appellant, v. Christopher M. NEILSON, Respondent/Appellee.
Nos. 82-803, 82-813.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 20, 1983.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 19, 1983.
Myles G. Cypen and Stephen H. Cypen of Cypen, Cypen & Dribin, Miami Beach, for petitioner/appellant.
Scott R. Gill of Panza & O’Donnell, Fort Lauderdale, for respondent/appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
These are consolidated cases consisting of an appeal and a petition for writ of certio-rari. Having determined that certiorari is the appropriate vehicle for review of the matter in issue we dismiss the appeal.
Petitioner was afforded procedural due process in the circuit court. Accordingly, we have examined the record to determine: (1) whether there was any competent evidence to support the trial court's determination (and we emphasize that we are not here concerned with whether there was substantial competent evidence); and (2) whether there were material fundamental errors in applying the law (which requires more than a demonstration of mere error). Dooley v. Culver, 392 So.2d 575 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980). The numbered phrases define the two aspects of the term "essential requirements of the law" that frequently appear in the jurisprudence. Put another way, after examining for procedural due process we determine whether the circuit court "applied the correct law." City of Deerfield Beach v. Vaillant, 419 So.2d 624, 626 (Fla.1982).
The record having disclosed competent evidence to support the determination by the circuit court and no fundamental error in application of the law having been demonstrated, we deny the petition for writ of certiorari.
CERTIORARI DENIED.
DOWNEY, HERSEY and DELL, JJ., concur.