Global Hookah Distributors, Inc. v. Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco

Opinion

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

No. 1D2023-2608 _____________________________

GLOBAL HOOKAH DISTRIBUTORS, INC.,

Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO,

Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Division of Administrative Hearings. E. Gary Early, Administrative Law Judge.

February 26, 2025

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED under the analysis set out in the majority opinion filed in Case No. 1D2023-3308.

B.L. THOMAS and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur; ROBERTS, J., dissents.

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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ Gerald J. Donnini and Jonathan W. Taylor of Moffa, Sutton, & Donnini P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellant.

Brooke Elizabeth Adams, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Tallahassee, for Appellee.