Case Name: Chris KARSTETER, Petitioner, v. The GRAHAM COMPANIES f/k/a the Sengra Corporation, a Florida corporation, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-03-08
Citations: 521 So. 2d 298
Docket Number: No. 87-2084
Parties: Chris KARSTETER, Petitioner, v. The GRAHAM COMPANIES f/k/a the Sengra Corporation, a Florida corporation, Respondent.
Judges: Before BASKIN, FERGUSON, JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 521
Pages: 298–298

Head Matter:
Chris KARSTETER, Petitioner, v. The GRAHAM COMPANIES f/k/a the Sengra Corporation, a Florida corporation, Respondent.
No. 87-2084.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 8, 1988.
Ress, Gomez, Rosenberg, Howland & Mintz and Steven A. Edelstein, North Miami, for petitioner.
Wisehart & Joyce and Elizabeth W. Joyce, Miami, for respondent.
Before BASKIN, FERGUSON, JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Section 83.60(2), Florida Statutes (1985), which requires a tenant asserting a right to possession to deposit rent into the court registry pending resolution of the litigation, is not unconstitutional. See Lindsey v. Normet, 405 U.S. 56, 92 S.Ct. 862, 31 L.Ed.2d 36 (1972); K.D. Lewis Enters. Corp. v. Smith, 445 So.2d 1032 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984). See § 718.401(4), Fla.Stat. (1985); Farrell v. Drew, 19 N.Y.2d 486, 281 N.Y.S.2d 1, 227 N.E.2d 824 (1967).
Certiorari denied.