Legal Opinion
Godfrey v. RELIANCE WHOLESALE, INC.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 10, 2011No. 3D11-2050PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRamirez, J.
This is a petition for a writ of prohibition based on the circuit court’s denial of Samantha Godfrey’s motion to dismiss due to lack of standing by Reliance Wholesale, Inc. 1 We deny the petition because a lack of standing is insufficient to deprive a circuit court of subject matter jurisdiction so as to invoke the extraordinary writ of prohibition.
We agree with the petitioner that we may grant a writ of prohibition where there are no disputed issues of fact and the circuit court is poised to proceed without subject matter jurisdiction. DHL Express (USA), Inc. v. State, ex rel. Grupp, 60…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- English v. McCrarySupreme Court of Florida · 1977
- Malone v. MeresSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
- Cunningham v. Standard Guar. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1994
- Paulucci v. General Dynamics Corp.Supreme Court of Florida · 2003
- Roberts v. BrownSupreme Court of Florida · 2010
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