Legal Opinion

Cerf v. Cerf

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 26, 1982No. 82-603Published

1Opinion of the Court

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

The appellant, a member of the bar of the State of Florida, was served with process in this Dade County marriage-dissolution action in the hallway of the Broward County Courthouse. Service was effected upon him shortly after he emerged from the judge’s chambers where he had reviewed a pre-sentence investigation report on his client and shortly before he entered the courtroom where he was scheduled to represent the client in the death penalty phase of a murder prosecution. The appellant moved to quash service of process on the ground that he was immune from service of…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Stewart v. RamsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. Lamb v. SchmittSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. In Re Subpoenas Addressed to Fish & Neave and Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  4. Crane v. HayesSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  5. Rorick v. ChanceySupreme Court of Florida · 1937

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