Case Name: GAMMA PHI CHAPTER of Sigma Chi Fraternity and Gamma Phi Chapter of Sigma Chi Building Fund Corporation, Appellants, v. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-09-23
Citations: 718 So. 2d 910
Docket Number: No. 98-425
Parties: GAMMA PHI CHAPTER of Sigma Chi Fraternity and Gamma Phi Chapter of Sigma Chi Building Fund Corporation, Appellants, v. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 718
Pages: 910–911

Head Matter:
GAMMA PHI CHAPTER of Sigma Chi Fraternity and Gamma Phi Chapter of Sigma Chi Building Fund Corporation, Appellants, v. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Appellee.
No. 98-425.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 23, 1998.
Carlson & Bales and Curtis Carlson and Julie A. Moxley, Miami, for appellants.
Isicoff and Ragatz and Eric Isicoff and Teresa Ragatz, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
On this appeal from an order denying in-junctive relief, we affirm. Accordingly, the Stay previously entered in this case is hereby vacated.
In Gamma Phi Chapter v. University of Miami, 703 So.2d 497 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997), we held:
We conclude that, as a matter of law, the sanctions — including a suspension of "rushing" — imposed by the University on the appellant fraternity by virtue of the letter of October 15, 1997 adversely affected its "substantial property, contract or other economic rights" and were based on an ex parte fact-finding process which was neither adequate nor fair.
We then directed:
The order below is therefore reversed and the cause is remanded with directions permanently to enjoin the efficacy and enforcement of those sanctions, without prejudice to the University's institution and pursuit of properly conducted proceedings against the fraternity.
Id.
On remand, the Vice President of Student Affairs appointed a panel of five members consisting of two students, two faculty members, and a volunteering attorney not employed by the University, to hear the ease. After the school gave notice of its intent to proceed, the fraternity went back to circuit court in an attempt to enjoin the hearing. The University maintained that the procedure implemented was as provided in its Student Handbook. The fraternity argued that fraternity disciplinary matters had previously been decided by the Interfraternity Council and the instant action should likewise be decided by that Council.
We affirm the trial court's denial of injunc-tive relief. Like the court below, we deem it inappropriate to exercise our judicial power where there has not yet been an exhaustion of an available administrative remedy. See Odham v. Foremost Dairies, Inc., 128 So.2d 586 (Fla.1961); See also Gulf Pines Memorial Park, Inc. v. Oaklawn Memorial Park, Inc., 361 So.2d 695 (Fla.1978); Lambert v. Rogers, 454 So.2d 672 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984); Eastern Air Lines Inc. v. Hillsborough County Aviation Auth., 454 So.2d 1076 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984).
Accordingly, the order below is affirmed and the stay vacated.
NESBITT and LEVY, JJ., concur.