Supreme Court of Florida
City of Fort Lauderdale, Appellant v. June Dhar, Appellee
February 25, 201641 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 61
Summary
The Court affirmed the Fourth District’s determination that the 2012 red-light-camera statute was unconstitutional as applied to short-term vehicle renters. Applying rational-basis review, the Court held that treating short-term renters less favorably than registered owners and long-term lessees lacked a rational relationship to a legitimate state purpose because the underlying traffic violation was the same. The Court also retained mandatory appellate jurisdiction because the district court had declared a state statute invalid.