JOHN A. STALUPPI, APPELLANT,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 1997-02-27
No. 96-3055
KAHN, DAVIS and BENTON, JJ, concur.
688 So. 2d 431 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1997) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

VACATED. In view of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ concession that Florida does give Full Faith and Credit to restorations of civil rights by other states, and that the Declaratory Statement should not have stated that it is necessary for civil rights to have been restored pursuant to Florida law, we VACATE this Declaratory Statement and REMAND.

KAHN, DAVIS and BENTON, JJ, concur.


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