Case Name: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-05-23
Citations: 469 So. 2d 1381
Docket Number: No. 65191
Parties: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent.
Judges: ADKINS, OVERTON, ALDERMAN, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 469
Pages: 1381–1382

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent.
No. 65191.
Supreme Court of Florida.
May 23, 1985.
James A. Gardner, State Atty. and David M. Levin, Sp. Asst. State Atty., Sarasota, for petitioner.
Valerie F. Settles, Miami, Judith S. Kava-naugh of Peeples, Earl, Reynolds and Blank, Sarasota, Robert Josefsberg of Po- dhurst, Orseck, Parks, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow and Olin, Miami, and Joseph Z. Fleming of Fleming and Huck, Miami, for respondent.

Opinion:
McDonald, justice.
This case is before us to review State v. General Development Corp., 448 So.2d 1074 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), which expressly affects a class of constitutional or state officers. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
The district court held that a state attorney could not, in his official capacity, initiate an action for civil or administrative proceedings to enforce the state's environmental laws set forth in chapter 403, Florida Statutes (1981). We approve the opinion of the district court and adopt it as the opinion of this Court.
It is so ordered.
ADKINS, OVERTON, ALDERMAN, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.
BOYD, C.J., concurs specially with an opinion.