CopyCited 18 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 23 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 595, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 18041, 2005 WL 2012592
...§
1004.67.
Every authorized community college district “is an independent, separate,
legal entity created for the operation of a community college.” Id. §
1004.65(2).
Each community college in Florida operates under the direction and supervision of
a board of trustees. Id. §
1001.63. The board of trustees is a corporation with all
corporate powers, including the right to sue and be sued. Id. §
1001.63....
...Liability and Risk of Judgment
A final factor also weighs in favor of concluding that a community college
is an arm of the state. Because community colleges are separate legal entities that
may enter into contracts and sue and be sued, id. § 1001.63, a judgment could
validly be entered against the community college....
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CopyCited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 569, 2014 WL 4638694, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 2823
...aving jurisdiction.”); §
388.161(2),
Fla. Stat. (2013) (the governing body of a mosquito control district “shall have all
the powers of a body corporate, including the power to sue and be sued as a
corporation in said name in any court.”); §
1001.63, Fla....
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CopyPublished | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2014 WL 6436644
...urt having jurisdiction."); § 388.16 1(2),
Fla. Stat. (2013) (the governing body of a mosquito control district "shall have all
the powers of a body corporate, including the power to sue and be sued as a
corporation in said name in any court."); § 1001.63, Fla....
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