SPIELER

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (122 total)

• Dep't OF Ins. v. Se. Volusia Hosp. Dist., 438 So. 2d 815 (Fla. 1983)
  …be dispositive. Under the equal protection clauses, governmental acts that classify persons arbitrarily may be invalid if they result in treating similar people in a dissimilar manner. State v. Leicht, 402 So. 2d 1153, 1155 (Fla.1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 989, 102 S.Ct. 1611, 71 L.Ed.2d 848 (1982); State v. Lee, 356 So. 2d 276, 279 (Fla.1978). Appellants contend that hospitals and physicians are not similarly situated and we agree. While both may fall under a general classification, health care providers…
• State v. Kaufman, 430 So. 2d 904 (Fla. 1983)
  …erous attacks on its validity. State v. Thebeau, 405 So. 2d 973 (Fla.1981), appeal dismissed, 456 U.S. 920, 102 S.Ct. 1963, 72 L.Ed.2d 436 (1982); State v. Newman, 405 So. 2d 971 (Fla.1981); State v. Leicht, 402 So. 2d 1153 (Fla.1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 989, 102 S.Ct. 1611, 71 L.Ed.2d 848 (1982); State v. Werner, 402 So. 2d 386 (Fla.1981); State v. Benitez, 395 So. 2d 514 (Fla.1981). . The 1979 bill was SB 83 and the pertinent references are: Journal of the House, Regular Session 1979, at 158-59; Jour…
• State v. Lite, 592 So. 2d 1202 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992)
  …. 818, 102 S.Ct. 98, 70 L.Ed.2d 88 (1981). Additionally, the legislature has wide discretion in creating statutory classifications, and there is a presumption in favor of validity. See State v. Leicht, 402 So. 2d 1153, 1154 (Fla.1981), cert. denied 455 U.S. 989, 102 S.Ct. 1611, 71 L.Ed.2d 848 (1982). Moreover, equal protection is not violated where a permissible classification includes one, but not others who might have been included in the broader classifications, as long as those within the legally form…