The Florida Supreme Court has declined to review a red-light camera ticket challenge, dealing a blow to municipal programs run by Hollywood and others. It also may boost a class action pending in Miami federal court.

Lawyers for the city appealed the case, City of Hollywood v. Eric Arem, after the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the motorist fighting his ticket.

The Supreme Court decided Monday not to review the case for jurisdictional reasons, not based on the merits of the case, explained Ed Guedes of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman in Coral Gables. He said the rejection will likely boost the class action by ticketed drivers challenging the program in a case consolidated before U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno in Miami.