Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1992

Dolphin Project, Inc. v. Ocean World, Inc.

Dolphin Project, Inc. v. Ocean World, Inc.
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided December 30, 1992 · Gunther, Letts, Warner
610 So. 2d 733; 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 13585; 1992 WL 386564 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Dolphin Project, Inc. v. Ocean World, Inc.

Opinion of the Court

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

PER CURIAM.

We grant the motion for rehearing and substitute the following opinion in its place.

The order granting the temporary injunction is affirmed. On appeal, several arguments are made that application of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 16 U.S.C.A. §§ 1361-1380, requires reversal of *734the injunction. For example, appellant points to 16 U.S.C.A. § 1374 to argue that access to facilities covered by the act may not be limited or restricted other than by charging an admission fee. However, that argument, although raised as an affirmative defense, was not made to the trial court at the temporary injunction hearing nor was there any testimony to support such argument. Moreover, the record is not clear as to whether or not the act even applies to appellee’s facility. Therefore, our affirmance is without prejudice to appellant’s right to move to dissolve or modify the injunction.

LETTS, GUNTHER and WARNER, JJ., concur.

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