Legal Opinion

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. JUDGES, ETC.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided November 5, 1981No. 60035PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

405 So.2d 980 (1981)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL, FIFTH DISTRICT, Respondents.

No. 60035.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 5, 1981.

Thomas G. Kane of Driscoll, Langston, Layton & Kane, Orlando, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Mitchell D. Franks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondents.

SUNDBERG, Chief Justice.

We here confront the issue of whether the District Court of Appeal, Fifth District, may utilize the en banc rehearing rule as a toehold to extend ad infinitum its jurisdiction whenever intradistrict…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Martin v. Hunter's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1816
  2. Chapman v. St. Stephens Protestant Episcopal, Church, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1931
  3. Washington v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  4. Lovett v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
  5. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Judges of the District Court of Appeal, Fifth DistrictSupreme Court of Florida · 1981

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Schreiber v. CHASE FEDERAL SAV. & LOAN ASS'NDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  2. Schreiber v. Chase Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982

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