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FLORIDA PAWNBROKERS v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE

No. 87-7008-CIV.

699 F.Supp. 888 (1988)

FLORIDA PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida Corporation, and Happy Hocker Pawnship, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Fort Lauderdale Division.

November 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Winer, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Lindsey A. Payne, Asst. City Atty., Dennis E. Lyles, City Atty., City of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for defendant.

ORDER

GONZALEZ, District Judge.

Can the state authorize police officers to seize allegedly stolen property from a pawnbroker without notice and hearing? This question is before the court upon the parties' cross motions for summary judgment.

The plaintiffs, Florida Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers Association, Inc. and Happy Hocker Pawnshop, Inc. ("Happy Hocker") are corporations engaged in the pawnbroking business. On three or four occasions, police...

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