Case Name: TAYLOR-SMITH CORPORATION, a Florida Corporation, d/b/a Honda of Orange County, and Jowers, Inc., a Florida Corporation, d/b/a Honda of Orlando, Petitioners, v. John D. CALVIN, as Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, State of Florida, and Action Motor Sales, Inc., a Florida Corporation, d/b/a Action Honda, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1975-03-18
Citations: 310 So. 2d 309
Docket Number: No. W-401
Parties: TAYLOR-SMITH CORPORATION, a Florida Corporation, d/b/a Honda of Orange County, and Jowers, Inc., a Florida Corporation, d/b/a Honda of Orlando, Petitioners, v. John D. CALVIN, as Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, State of Florida, and Action Motor Sales, Inc., a Florida Corporation, d/b/a Action Honda, Respondents.
Judges: McCORD, Acting C. J., MILLS, J., and HARDING, MAJOR B., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 310
Pages: 309–309

Head Matter:
TAYLOR-SMITH CORPORATION, a Florida Corporation, d/b/a Honda of Orange County, and Jowers, Inc., a Florida Corporation, d/b/a Honda of Orlando, Petitioners, v. John D. CALVIN, as Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, State of Florida, and Action Motor Sales, Inc., a Florida Corporation, d/b/a Action Honda, Respondents.
No. W-401.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 18, 1975.
Rehearing Denied April 21, 1975.
Joseph C. Jacobs, Robert J. Angerer, and Carl E. Rude, Jr., Ervin, Varn, Jacobs & Odom, Tallahassee, for petitioners.
Edwin E. Strickland, Enoch J. Whitney, Fred W. Baggett, Tallahassee, and Michael Colodny, Miami, for respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Based on the facts peculiar to this case, petitioners' petition for writ of certiorari is granted, the writ is issued, the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles' orders of 2 and 9 August 1974 are quashed, and this case is remanded to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles with directions to hold a hearing under Section 320.642, Florida Statutes, with notice to and an opportunity to be heard by petitioners. Pending the hearing, respondent Action Motor Sales, Inc., d/b/a Action Honda's motor vehicle dealer's license is suspended.
McCORD, Acting C. J., MILLS, J., and HARDING, MAJOR B., Associate Judge, concur.