Legal Opinion

Adams v. Murphy

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 29, 1981No. 57451PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

394 So.2d 411 (1981)

Don A. ADAMS, Petitioner-Appellee,

v.

Ernest P. MURPHY and Louie L. Wainwright, Respondents-Appellants.

No. 57451.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 29, 1981.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1981.

Joseph F. McDermott, St. Petersburg, for petitioner-appellee.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Benedict P. Kuehne and Paul H. Zacks, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondents-appellants.

BOYD, Justice.

This cause is before the Court on the certificate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that a question of Florida law upon which there is no controlling precedent is…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Overton; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Overton; Dissent.

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Gordon v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
  2. Gustine v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1923
  3. Hutchinson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  4. Groneau v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
  5. Bradley v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1920

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. State v. KimbroughTennessee Supreme Court · 1996
  2. State v. SykesSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  3. Achin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  4. Gentry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  5. Overfelt v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983

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