Gaeta Ltd. Partnerhip 1 v. Topline Printing & Graphics, Inc.

Through its petition for writ of certiora-ri, petitioner Gaeta Limited Partnership # 1 (“Gaeta”) challenges an order of the circuit court denying its motion for discharge of a lis pendens. We grant the petition on the ground that the respondent has not shown a fair nexus between the apparent or legal title to the property and the dispute embodied in the lawsuit, a declaratory judgment action to construe terms of a lease. See generally Chiusolo v. Kennedy, 614 So.2d 491, 492 (Fla.1993).

Gaeta leased an office building to respondent Topline Printing & Graphics, Inc. *1048(“Topline”). A provision in…