Hillsborough County v. P & P Holdings Group, LLC
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJuly 24, 2026
Docket2D2025-2614
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, a political subdivision
of the State of Florida,
Petitioner,
v.
P & P HOLDINGS GROUP, LLC,
Respondent.
No. 2D2025-2614
July 24, 2026
Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough
County; Laura E. Ward, Judge.
Kenneth C. Pope and Mary J. Dorman, Hillsborough County Attorney's
Office, Tampa, for Petitioner.
John J. Cavaliere, III, and Nicole J. Poot of Lewis, Longman & Walker,
P.A., St. Petersburg; and Robert A. Williams and Allan J. Charles of
Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., Tallahassee, for Respondent.
BLACK, Judge.
Hillsborough County seeks second-tier certiorari review of the
circuit court's order purporting to quash the final order of the
Hillsborough County Code Enforcement Board. While it appears that the
circuit court applied an incorrect standard of review to an appeal
pursuant to section 162.11, Florida Statutes (2024), we are confident
that such errors will not be widespread. See, e.g., MGM of W. Fla., LLC v.
Manatee County, 406 So. 3d 351, 353, 355 (Fla. 2d DCA 2025)
(explaining that section 162.11 provides for "a plenary appeal to the
circuit court" rather than first-tier certiorari review and reiterating that
"[i]n measuring the seriousness of an error to determine whether second-
tier certiorari is available, one consideration is whether the error is
isolated in its effect or whether it is pervasive or widespread in its
application to numerous other proceedings" (quoting Dep't of Highway
Safety & Motor Vehicles v. Alliston, 813 So. 2d 141, 145 (Fla. 2d DCA
2002))). In this case, we conclude that there has not been a miscarriage
of justice. Accordingly, the petition for writ of certiorari is denied.
Petition denied.
LaROSE and KHOUZAM, JJ., Concur.
Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.
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