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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 19 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Chapman v. Reddick.

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1 Chapman v. Reddick Anchor
fla · 1899
green “the circuit courts of this state are superior courts of general jurisdiction, and it requires no citation of authority to show that nothing is intended to be out of the jurisdiction of a superior court, except that which specially appears so to be.” 4
2 State Ex Rel. B. F. Goodrich Co. v. Trammell
fla · 1939
green “which are beyond the competency of the legislature to curtail” 3
3 Burnett El Al. v. Green
fla · 1929
green “the judicial power of the state extends to all controversies justiciable in their nature and to the parties to which or the property involved in which may be reached by judicial process.” 3
4 Sirmans v. Owen
fla · 1924
green “a judicial act determines the law applicable and the rights and obligations of parties in relation to past transactions.” 3
5 Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Ass'n v. McKaughan
fla · 1996
green “common sense dictates that claims for nica benefits would be filed only by a legal representative of the injured infant who is affirmatively seeking such benefits” 3
6 Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Ass'n v. McKaughan
fla · 1996
green “defines the class of claimants who can seek nica benefits.” 3

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