Legal Opinion
East County Water Control District v. Lee County
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 16, 2004No. 2D04-268PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
East County Water Control District (the District) seeks a writ of prohibition to bar the circuit court from exercising jurisdiction over a “complaint of intervenor” that Lee County filed in an action that the court previously had dismissed with prejudice. We conclude that the trial court lacks jurisdiction to proceed with the new complaint within the dismissed proceeding. Therefore, we grant the petition and issue the writ.
Lehigh Acres Lot Owners Association (the Association) filed an action against the District in December 2000. The lawsuit involved a dispute over assessments paid to the…
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