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6 Florida opinions name it 1 courts 2016–2026 4 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Florida courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Samuel Salomon Levy v. Einath Bach Levygreen1 sentence2025See Levy v. Levy, 326 So. 3d 678 , 681 (Fla. 2021) (reiterating adherence to “the supremacy- of-the-text principle”). *** For the foregoing reasons, binding precedent and the plain text of Rule 9.140 require us to reject Gore’s unpreserved plea-agreement violation claim. | 1 | 1 |
Saia Motor Freight Line, Inc. v. Reidgreen1 sentence2024A. Florida’s rules of procedure “are construed in accordance with the principles of statutory construction.” Saia Motor Freight Line, Inc. v. Reid, 930 So. 2d 598, 599 (Fla. 2006) (citing Brown v. State, 715 So. 2d 241, 243 (Fla. 1998) (“Our courts have long recognized that the rules of construction applicable to statutes also apply to the construction of rules.”)). | 1 | 1 |
Brown v. Stategreen1 sentence2024A. Florida’s rules of procedure “are construed in accordance with the principles of statutory construction.” Saia Motor Freight Line, Inc. v. Reid, 930 So. 2d 598, 599 (Fla. 2006) (citing Brown v. State, 715 So. 2d 241, 243 (Fla. 1998) (“Our courts have long recognized that the rules of construction applicable to statutes also apply to the construction of rules.”)). | 1 | 1 |
Witt v. Stategreen1 sentence2017See Witt v. State, 387 So.2d 922, 925 (Fla. 1980). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Florida. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Juan Javier Oquendo v. State of Florida
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1 sentence2026Relevant to the instant case, the Florida Supreme Court explained that the plain text of the defense-of-person statute “requires both that ‘he or she . . . believe[d]’ that the use of force was necessary (actual subjective belief of the defendant) and that the belief was ‘reasonabl[e]’ (objective reasonable person standard).” Id. at 475 . | 1 | 2026–2026 |
Wollard v. Lloyd's & Companies of Lloyd's
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1 sentence2022In Wollard v. Lloyd’s & Cos. of Lloyd’s, 439 So. 2d 217 (Fla. 1983), however, the Florida Supreme Court concluded that, despite no judgment in favor of an insured being entered, an insurer’s post-suit payment of an insured’s claim, by itself, constitutes a “confession of judgment” that entitles the insured to recover attorney’s fees under section 627.428: [I]t is neither reasonable nor just that an insurer can avoid liability for statutory attorney’s fees by the simple expedient of paying the insurance proceeds to the insured . . . at some point after suit is filed but before final judgment is | 1 | 2022–2022 |
Haynes v. State
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1 sentence2016Writing for the majority in applying the plain text of the rule, Judge Warner reasoned that such an interpretive process was required because “[l]itigants should not be left guessing at what a court will deem is ‘substantial compliance’ with the rules.” Id. | 1 | 2016–2016 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.