reaffirmed rule in Florida

2012Id.

2008However, in Barr v. Watts, 70 So.2d 347 (Fla.1953) (granting petition for writ of mandamus to compel State Board of Law Examiners to permit applicant to sit for admission examination), the Court reaffirmed the rule from Atlantic Coast Line that the "right to declare an act unconstitutional ... cannot be exercised by the officers of the executive department under the guise of the observance of their oath of office to support the Constitution" and clarified the narrow circumstances in which a public official has standing to challenge a statute.

2008Barr, 70 So.2d at 351 .

2007The court reaffirmed the principle that "the workers' compensation legislation does immunize an insurance carrier for mere negligent conduct, simple bad faith, and minor delays in payment." Id. at 93 .

2007The court stressed, however, that the Act did "not afford blanket immunity for all conduct during the claim process, particularly the insurance carrier's intentional tortious conduct." Id.

2006We find this reasoning in conflict with Mallard v. Mallard, 771 So.2d 1138 (Fla.2000), where the court reaffirmed the principle that the purpose of periodic alimony is to provide the needs and necessities of life.

2006More specifically the court held that "[c]urrent necessary support rather than the accumulation of capital is the purpose of permanent periodic alimony." 771 So.2d at 1140 .

2006The court reaffirmed this rule in the case of Dawson Daylight Coal Co. v. Beshear, 287 S.W.2d 925 (1956), in holding: The question presented in this case is whether the owner of an undivided interest in the minerals under a tract of land may maintain an action under [the partition statute] for the sale of all the minerals and division of the proceeds against joint owners of the minerals who also own the surface in fee.

2006Both parties to this appeal cite and rely, to a certain extent, upon Ball v. Clark, 150 Ky. 383 , 150 S.W. 359 , and the rules of law affirmed and announced therein.

2006Both parties to this appeal cite and rely, to a certain extent, upon Ball v. Clark, 150 Ky. 383 , 150 S.W. 359 , and the rules of law affirmed and announced therein.

2005See also State v. Jones, 753 So.2d 1276, 1277 (Fla.2000); State v. Williams, 712 So.2d 762 (Fla.1998).

2005Further, in Ashley , the court reaffirmed the principle that a court’s oral pronouncement of sentence controls over the written document. 850 So.2d at 1268 .

1993In Bosse , this Court reaffirmed that the standard for setting costs in disciplinary actions is the discretionary approach, rather than the civil standard that costs generally follow the result of the suit. 609 So.2d at 1322 .

1990In Graham, the court reaffirmed the rule that the "exercise of the state's police power must relate to health, safety, and welfare of the public and may not be arbitrarily and capriciously applied." 399 So.2d at 1379 .

1987Id. at 264 , 99 S.Ct. at 1100 .

1987Id. at 264 , 99 S.Ct. at 1100 .

1984In Rutledge v. Chandler, 445 So.2d 1007 (Fla. 1984), the court reaffirmed the test articulated in City of DeLand v. Florida Public Service Company, 119 Fla. 804, 813 , 161 So. 735, 738 (1935), which disposes of the issue as presented here: An excise and a property tax, when the two approach each other, ordinarily may be distinguished by the respective methods adopted for laying them and fixing their amounts.

1982This Court reaffirmed that rule in Austin Tupler Trucking, Inc. v. Hawkins, 377 So.2d 679 (Fla. 1979).

1976This Court reaffirmed the rule relative to alimony in Gordon v. Gordon, Fla.App. 1st 1966, 192 So.2d 514 , wherein it said: "As early as 1864 it was established by Chaires v. Chaires [ Chaires v. Chaires, 10 Fla. 308 (1864).] that there was no need for alimony if the wife has a separate estate adequate for her comfortable support.

1976This Court reaffirmed the rule relative to alimony in Gordon v. Gordon, Fla.App. 1st 1966, 192 So.2d 514 , wherein it said: "As early as 1864 it was established by Chaires v. Chaires [ Chaires v. Chaires, 10 Fla. 308 (1864).] that there was no need for alimony if the wife has a separate estate adequate for her comfortable support.

1976In referring to that case Mr. Justice Roberts speaking for our Supreme Court stated: [ Kahn v. Kahn, 78 So.2d 367, 368 (Fla. 1955).] "`Ordinarily, however, in those days the husband was the "only hope of support" of an "unfortunate wife, who may have been abandoned by a dissolute husband and doomed to drag out a weary existence in married widowhood. * * *" Chaires v. Chaires, supra. And, indeed, until recent years, a divorced wife had little prospect of being able to work and earn a livelihood, and it was essential to a well-ordered society that she be appropriately maintained by her estranged

1971It has, in fact, been so held by this court in State v. Sullivan (1928) 95 Fla. 191 , 116 So. 255 , in which the court reaffirmed the rule of Hays' Administratrix v. McNealy, supra, and upheld a statute creating a court of crimes and vesting in it jurisdiction over misdemeanors concurrent with that of the criminal court of record.

1971It has, in fact, been so held by this court in State v. Sullivan (1928) 95 Fla. 191 , 116 So. 255 , in which the court reaffirmed the rule of Hays' Administratrix v. McNealy, supra, and upheld a statute creating a court of crimes and vesting in it jurisdiction over misdemeanors concurrent with that of the criminal court of record.

1971It has, in fact, been so held by this court in State v. Sullivan (1928) 95 Fla. 191 , 116 So. 255 , in which the court reaffirmed the rule of Hays' Administratrix v. McNealy, supra, and upheld a statute creating a court of crimes and vesting in it jurisdiction over misdemeanors concurrent with that of the criminal court of record.