Case Name: DOLPHINS PLUS, Appellant, v. RESIDENTS OF KEY LARGO OCEAN SHORES, Clarence C. Hobdy and State of Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-05-26
Citations: 598 So. 2d 324
Docket Number: No. 91-2703
Parties: DOLPHINS PLUS, Appellant, v. RESIDENTS OF KEY LARGO OCEAN SHORES, Clarence C. Hobdy and State of Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 598
Pages: 324–325

Head Matter:
DOLPHINS PLUS, Appellant, v. RESIDENTS OF KEY LARGO OCEAN SHORES, Clarence C. Hobdy and State of Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Appellees.
No. 91-2703.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 26, 1992.
Fertig & Gramling, and Donna E. Albert, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Mattson & Tobin and Andrew Tobin, Key Largo, Francine M. Ffolkes, Tallahassee, for appellees.
Clarence C. Hobdy, pro se.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
In recommending the issuance of a permit sought by the appellant Dolphins Plus, the hearing officer also found that the protestors, the present appellees, had "participated in this proceeding for a frivolous purpose" and therefore recommended the assessment of reasonable attorney's fees and costs against them under section 120.-59, Florida Statutes (1991). On review, although the appellees did not provide a transcript of the proceedings below, the Department of Environmental Regulation reversed this determination. On the authority of the virtually identical case of Burke v. Harbor Estates Assocs., 591 So.2d 1034 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), with which we wholly agree, that determination is itself reversed and the cause is remanded with directions to adopt and approve the hearing officer's recommendation in its entirety.
Reversed.
. In all other respects, including the granting of the permit, the recommended order was adopted by the department.