11 Florida opinions name it 3 courts 1989–2024 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
Cortez v. Palace Resorts, Inc.green2 sentences2024Cortez, 123 So. 3d at 1093 (“[W]e emphasize that Florida courts also should always consider this third step of the forum non conveniens inquiry, even if the private factors weigh more heavily in favor of the alternative forum, and should require that the balance of public interests also be tipped in favor of the alternative forum in order to defeat the presumption favoring the plaintiff's forum choice.”). 10 2015Third, a court should consider the “balance of public conveniences.” Id. at 91-92; see Cortez v. Palace Resorts, Inc., 123 So.3d 1085, 1093 (Fla.2013) (holding that Florida courts “should always consider this third step of the forum non conveniens inquiry, even if the private factors weigh more heavily in favor of the alternative forum, and should require that the balance of public interests also be tipped in favor of the alternative forum in order to defeat the presumption favoring the plaintiffs forum choice”). | 3 | 3 |
Kinney System, Inc. v. Continental Ins. Co.green2 sentences2016The focus of the public • interest factors is “whether the case has a general nexus with the forum sufficient to justify the forum’s' commitment of judicial time and resources' to it.” Kinney, 674 So.2d at 92 (quoting Pain v. United Techs. 2013See Kinney, 674 So.2d at 92 (stating that “if the public interest factors ... are at or near equipoise, then the third step of the inquiry will provide no basis for defeating the presumption favoring [the] plaintiffs choice of forum”). | 1 | 3 |
Julio Ignacio Lourido Leon v. Million Air, Inc.green1 sentence2016See also Leon, 251 F.3d at 1311 (stating “even though the private factors are ‘generally considered more important’ than the public'factors, the better rule is to consider both factors in all cases”). | 1 | 1 |
Hayes v. Stategreen1 sentence2007See DeGregorio v. Balkwill, 853 So.2d 371, 373 (Fla.2003) ("Legislative intent is determined primarily from the statute's language.") (citing Hayes v. State, 750 So.2d 1, 3 (Fla.1999)). | 1 | 1 |
DeGregorio v. Balkwillgreen1 sentence2007See DeGregorio v. Balkwill, 853 So.2d 371, 373 (Fla.2003) ("Legislative intent is determined primarily from the statute's language.") (citing Hayes v. State, 750 So.2d 1, 3 (Fla.1999)). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Florida. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Gamble v. Wells
green
2 sentences2015Id. 2015Id. | 2 | 2015–2015 |
Achord v. Osceola Farms Co.
green
1 sentence2015One of the tasks ascribed to the Commission is to, “[i]dentify and build partnerships among the courts, members of the private bar, providers of legal services, and other stakeholders who are engaged or interested in expanding access to civil justice for disadvantaged, low income, and moderate income Floridians.” Id. | 1 | 2015–2015 |
Calvo v. Sol Melia, SA
green
1 sentence2002Florida has no interest in an accident which occurred onboard a ship off the coast of Argentina to a Peruvian citizen while he was working for a foreign corporation on a ship owned and operated by foreign corporations with no offices in Florida even though he has received some medical treatment in Florida. [1] *260 See Calvo, 761 So.2d at 463-64 ; Resorts Int'l, Inc. v. Spinola, 705 So.2d 629 (Fla. 3d DCA), review denied, 718 So.2d 170 (Fla.1998). | 1 | 2002–2002 |
Resorts Intern., Inc. v. Spinola
green
1 sentence2002Florida has no interest in an accident which occurred onboard a ship off the coast of Argentina to a Peruvian citizen while he was working for a foreign corporation on a ship owned and operated by foreign corporations with no offices in Florida even though he has received some medical treatment in Florida. [1] *260 See Calvo, 761 So.2d at 463-64 ; Resorts Int'l, Inc. v. Spinola, 705 So.2d 629 (Fla. 3d DCA), review denied, 718 So.2d 170 (Fla.1998). | 1 | 2002–2002 |
Gordon v. State
green
1 sentence1989The Defendant cites Gordon v State, 378 S.E.2d 362 (Ga. App. 1989), a foreign case directly on point dealing with the violation of a remarkably similar Georgia statute. | 1 | 1989–1989 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
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.