Case Name: Ralph CHERIN, suing on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. SOUTHERN STAR LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY INC., etc., et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-11-04
Citations: 390 So. 2d 104
Docket Number: No. 80-154
Parties: Ralph CHERIN, suing on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. SOUTHERN STAR LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY INC., etc., et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before HENDRY, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 390
Pages: 104–104

Head Matter:
Ralph CHERIN, suing on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. SOUTHERN STAR LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY INC., etc., et al., Appellees.
No. 80-154.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 4, 1980.
Turner, Hendrick, Guilford, Goldstein & McDonald and S. Alan Stanley, Marsha Palmer Niles, Coral Gables, Frates, Jacobs, Farrar, Novey & Blanton, Miami, for appellants.
Abrams, Anton, Robbins, Resnick, Schneider & Mager and Gary M. Farmer, Hollywood, Tew, Critchlow, Sonberg, Traum & Friedbauer and Richard H. Critchlow; Becker, Polianoff & Streitfeld and Edward S. Polk; Fort Lauderdale, Montgomery, Lytal, Reiter, Denney, Searcy and George E. Mastics, West Palm Beach, for appellees.
Before HENDRY, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The order striking the plaintiff's claim for failure to assert a class action for fraud is affirmed. Frankel v. City of Miami Beach, 340 So.2d 463 (Fla. 1976) and Osceola Groves v. Wiley, 78 So.2d 700 (Fla. 1955).
The Supreme Court, in Frankel v. City of Miami Beach, supra, has expressed doubt as to the desirability of continued adherence to the fraud class action rule enunciated in Osceola Groves, supra, and we are not privileged to overrule a principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. We therefore certify this question to the Supreme Court as one which passes upon a question of great public importance, so as to afford it a vehicle for review as provided for in Article V, Section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.
Affirmed.