KANAPAUX

v.

ELLISOR, DIRECTOR, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (28 total)

• In re Advisory Opinion TO THE Governor, 509 So. 2d 292 (Fla. 1987)
  …that were in existence before any party could have reasonably been on notice of the impending tax. Unquestionably, contract rights are ordinarily subject to the state’s powers of taxation. Straughn v. Camp, 293 So. 2d 689 (Fla.), appeal dismissed, 419 U.S. 891, 95 S.Ct. 168, 42 L.Ed.2d 135 (1974). It is equally indisputable, however, that rights existing under a valid contract enjoy protection under the Florida Constitution. Green v. Quincy State Bank, 368 So. 2d 451 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979). We cannot acc…
• NEU v. Miami Herald Publ'g Co., 462 So. 2d 821 (Fla. 1985)
  …the open meeting requirements of the Sunshine Law^ This is, of course, incorrect. A legislature may not bind the hands of future legislatures by prohibiting amendments to statutory law. Straughn v. Camp, 293 So. 2d 689, 694 (Fla.), appeal dismissed, 419 U.S. 891, 95 S.Ct. 168, 42 L.Ed.2d 135 (1974); Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc. v. Lee, 142 Fla. 68, 194 So. 305 (1940); Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World v. Lake Worth Inlet District, 119 Fla. 782, 161 So. 717 (1935); Kirklands v. Town of Bradley, 104 Fla. 390,…
• Archer v. Seymour J. Marshall, 355 So. 2d 781 (Fla. 1978)
  …unds that the law impaired the obligations of valid existing contracts, and that the county was es-topped to levy these taxes because of prior representations to the contrary. However, in Straughn v. Camp, 293 So. 2d 689 (Fla.1974); appeal dismissed 419 U.S. 891, 95 S.Ct. 168, 42 L.Ed.2d 135 (1975), and Williams v. Jones, 326 So. 2d 425 (Fla.1975), this Court rejected their challenge to the constitutionality of the statute, and held that the Escambia County taxing authority could levy ad valorem taxes again…