Case Name: Thomas TEW, on behalf of himself and all other taxpayers of Dade County, Florida, Appellant, v. The SCHOOL BOARD OF DADE COUNTY, Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-11-04
Citations: 389 So. 2d 1224
Docket Number: No. 80-1666
Parties: Thomas TEW, on behalf of himself and all other taxpayers of Dade County, Florida, Appellant, v. The SCHOOL BOARD OF DADE COUNTY, Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 389
Pages: 1224–1224

Head Matter:
Thomas TEW, on behalf of himself and all other taxpayers of Dade County, Florida, Appellant, v. The SCHOOL BOARD OF DADE COUNTY, Florida, Appellee.
No. 80-1666.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 4, 1980.
Tew, Critchlow, Sonberg, Traum & Fried-bauer and Thomas Tew, Miami, for appellant.
Frank A. Howard, Jr. and Madelyn P. Schere, Miami, for appellee.
Before HENDRY, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Tew, suing solely in his capacity as an ad valorem taxpayer, filed a complaint challenging the use of Dade County School Board funds for the public education of recently arrived "refugee" children. Because no constitutional or statutory provision expressly forbids such expenditures, we agree with the trial court which, in dismissing the cause with prejudice, held that the plaintiff-appellant did not have standing to maintain the action. Rickman v. Whitehurst, 73 Fla. 152, 74 So. 205 (1917); Paul v. Blake, 376 So.2d 256 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979).
Affirmed.