Stephen J. Rogers v. United States

Under the authority of article V, section 3(b)(6) of the Florida Constitution, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has certified to this Court a question of Floiida law which the Court of Appeals found would be determinative of an appeal pending in that court and upon which that court found there to be “no controlling precedent in the existing decisions of the Florida Supreme Court.” Rogers v. United States (Rogers III), Nos. 2013-5098 & 2013-5102, slip op. at 4 (Fed. Cir. July 21, 2014). We are authorized to answer the question.. See art. V, § 3(b)(6), Fla. Const.

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