Legal Opinion
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Ariz
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 1, 2010No. 2D10-1335PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, Judge.
The Seminole Tribe of Florida (Tribe) seeks (1) a writ of certiorari to review a nonfinal order of the trial court continuing the hearing on the Tribe’s motion to dismiss a wrongful death action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and allowing Victoria Velasquez, as the “presumptive personal representative” of the estate of Roselindo Velasquez,1 to conduct discovery on jurisdictional issues and (2) a writ of prohibition barring further proceedings by Velasquez and the trial court. We deny the petition for writ of certiorari but grant the petition for writ of prohibition…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. McCorDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
- Houghtaling v. Seminole Tribe of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
- Miccosukee Tribe of Indians v. NapoleoniDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
- Cupo v. Seminole Tribe of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
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