VICTOR S. RICE AND VICTOR S. RICE, JR.,

v.

LYDIA GERLACH, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Junco v. State Bd. OF Accountancy, 390 So. 2d 329 (Fla. 1980)
  …ants simply have not satisfied present statutory requirements. The state’s authority to regulate professions is derived from its police powers and may be exercised to promote the public health, safety, morals or general welfare. Sullivan v. DeCerb, 156 Fla. 496, 23 So. 571 (1945). Regulation of the practice of public accounting by a certification requirement for those who wish to practice as certified public accountants in Florida has been upheld as a legitimate exercise of the police power. Mercer v. Hemm…
• Godshalk v. The City OF Winter Park, 95 So. 2d 9 (Fla. 1957)
  …gulate the business of a title contractor, which is not affected with the public interest and bears no real or substantial relationship to any of the legitimate objectives of the police power.. Appellant relies, for example, upon Sullivan v. DeCerb, 156 Fla. 496, 23 So. 2d 571, wherein we held invalid an act seeking to regulate and control the practice of photography. But .this issue is not ripe .for our determination in the case before us because of the position taken by the appellant in. the trial court.…
• Sandlin v. Crim. Just. Standards & Training Comm'n, 518 So. 2d 1292 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987)
  …ty to regulate or restrict any business, trade, or occupation is a well-recognized exercise of its police powers in order to protect the public health, morals, or general welfare. See Amos v. Gunn, 84 Flá. 285, 94 So. 615 (1922); Sullivan v. DeCerb, 156 Fla. 496, 23 So. 2d 571 (1945); Junco v. State Board of Accountancy, 390 So. 2d 329 (Fla.1980). Its authority to so act is, however, not unlimited. Among other things, the guaranty of equal protection of the laws may act to circumscribe the exercise of such…