Florida Supreme Court Decisions 1977

In Re Proposed Florida Appellate Rules
Date: December 22, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 981
Docket Number: 50409

High Ridge Management Corp. v. State
Date: December 22, 1977
Citation: 354 So. 2d 377
Docket Number: 50827

Richman v. Shevin
Date: December 22, 1977
Citation: 354 So. 2d 1200
Docket Number: 51765

Peacock Const. Co., Inc. v. Modern Air Conditioning, Inc.
Date: December 15, 1977
Citation: 353 So. 2d 840
Docket Numbers: 50758, 50793

National U. Fire Ins. Co. v. Lenox Liquors, Inc.
Date: December 15, 1977
Citation: 358 So. 2d 533
Docket Number: 51266

Straughn v. Tuck
Date: December 8, 1977
Citation: 354 So. 2d 368
Docket Number: 50152

SCHOOL BD. OF ESCAMBIA CTY. v. State
Date: December 8, 1977
Citation: 353 So. 2d 834
Docket Number: 50648

United States Steel Corp. v. Green
Date: December 8, 1977
Citation: 353 So. 2d 86
Docket Number: 50901

Shevin v. International Inventors, Inc.
Date: December 8, 1977
Citation: 353 So. 2d 89
Docket Number: 51102

Mobil Oil Corp. v. Shevin
Date: December 8, 1977
Citation: 354 So. 2d 372
Docket Number: 51287

In Re Florida Bd. of Bar Examiners
Date: December 8, 1977
Citation: 353 So. 2d 98
Docket Number: 52017

Hoy v. State
Date: December 2, 1977
Citation: 353 So. 2d 826
Docket Numbers: 49448, 49449

SHB v. State
Date: November 30, 1977
Citation: 355 So. 2d 1176
Docket Number: 50612

Carlile v. GAME AND FRESH WATER FISH COM'N
Date: November 30, 1977
Citation: 354 So. 2d 362
Docket Number: 51036

Demar v. Wainwright
Date: November 30, 1977
Citation: 354 So. 2d 366
Docket Number: 52035

The Florida Bar v. Ryan
Date: November 30, 1977
Citation: 352 So. 2d 1174
Docket Number: 52198

Hope v. City of Gainesville
Date: November 23, 1977
Citation: 355 So. 2d 1172
Docket Number: 49506

STATE, DEPT. OF REV. v. Zuckerman-Vernon Corp.
Date: November 23, 1977
Citation: 354 So. 2d 353
Docket Numbers: 50907, 50908

Miami Herald Pub. Co. v. Marko
Date: November 17, 1977
Citation: 352 So. 2d 518
Docket Numbers: 50192, 50266

Churruca v. Miami Jai-Alai, Inc.
Date: November 17, 1977
Citation: 353 So. 2d 547
Docket Number: 50665

Shor v. Paoli
Date: November 17, 1977
Citation: 353 So. 2d 825
Docket Number: 51915

Alford v. State
Date: November 10, 1977
Citation: 355 So. 2d 108
Docket Number: 44647

Vining v. Avis Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc.
Date: November 10, 1977
Citation: 354 So. 2d 54
Docket Number: 49459

Revitz v. Baya
Date: November 10, 1977
Citation: 355 So. 2d 1170
Docket Number: 51789

Reid v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.
Date: October 31, 1977
Citation: 352 So. 2d 1172
Docket Number: 51427

Smith v. Venus Condominium Ass'n, Inc.
Date: October 31, 1977
Citation: 352 So. 2d 1169
Docket Numbers: 51516, 51529

Shevin v. Sunbeam Television Corp.
Date: October 28, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 723
Docket Number: 50938

Hornblower v. State
Date: October 27, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 716
Docket Number: 49568

City of Miami Beach v. Mr. Samuel's, Inc.
Date: October 27, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 719
Docket Number: 49889

Reino v. State
Date: October 27, 1977
Citation: 352 So. 2d 853
Docket Numbers: 50656, 50705

Electro Engineering Products Co., Inc. v. Lewis
Date: October 27, 1977
Citation: 352 So. 2d 862
Docket Number: 50894

Noble v. State
Date: October 20, 1977
Citation: 353 So. 2d 819
Docket Number: 50634

State v. Basiliere
Date: October 20, 1977
Citation: 353 So. 2d 820
Docket Number: 50658

Wright v. State
Date: October 14, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 708
Docket Number: 44882

Fla. Admin. Com'n v. Dist. Court of Appeal
Date: October 14, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 712
Docket Number: 50242

Florida Tel. Corp. v. Mayo
Date: October 6, 1977
Citation: 350 So. 2d 775
Docket Number: 49860

Alachua County v. Powers
Date: October 6, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 32
Docket Number: 51465

Shelley v. District Court of Appeal
Date: September 30, 1977
Citation: 350 So. 2d 471
Docket Number: 46537

In the Matter of the Florida Bar
Date: September 30, 1977
Citation: 349 So. 2d 630
Docket Number: 48384

McArthur v. State
Date: September 30, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 972
Docket Number: 49526

Delap v. State
Date: September 29, 1977
Citation: 350 So. 2d 462
Docket Number: 49166

Dumas v. State
Date: September 29, 1977
Citation: 350 So. 2d 464
Docket Number: 50124

Ohio Cas. Group v. Parrish
Date: September 29, 1977
Citation: 350 So. 2d 466
Docket Number: 50609

RH Coody & Associates, Inc. v. Shelton
Date: September 29, 1977
Citation: 352 So. 2d 852
Docket Number: 50806

In Re Florida Board of Bar Examiners
Date: September 29, 1977
Citation: 350 So. 2d 1072
Docket Number: 52031

Maldonado v. Jack M. Berry Grove Corp.
Date: September 22, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 967
Docket Number: 48560

Hostzclaw v. State
Date: September 22, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 970
Docket Number: 50431

Spenkelink v. State
Date: September 16, 1977
Citation: 350 So. 2d 85
Docket Number: 52408

Roberts v. Carter
Date: September 15, 1977
Citation: 350 So. 2d 78
Docket Number: 48016

Berezovsky v. State
Date: September 15, 1977
Citation: 350 So. 2d 80
Docket Number: 50198

The Florida Bar v. Beasley
Date: September 15, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 959
Docket Number: 50313

State v. Bassham
Date: September 15, 1977
Citation: 352 So. 2d 55
Docket Number: 50387

State v. Williams
Date: September 15, 1977
Citation: 350 So. 2d 81
Docket Number: 51493

Wills v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Date: September 8, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 29
Docket Number: 50255

Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. v. McCook
Date: August 31, 1977
Citation: 355 So. 2d 1166
Docket Number: 49837

Earnest v. State
Date: August 31, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 957
Docket Number: 51491

Omni-Vest, Inc. v. Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.
Date: July 29, 1977
Citation: 352 So. 2d 53
Docket Number: 51185

Stuart v. Hertz Corp.
Date: July 28, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 703
Docket Number: 46553

In Re Code of Judicial Conduct (Fin. Disc.)
Date: July 28, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 891
Docket Number: 46773

Gibson v. State
Date: July 28, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 948
Docket Number: 48698

Bould v. Touchette
Date: July 28, 1977
Citation: 349 So. 2d 1181
Docket Number: 48935

Helman v. Seaboard Coast Line R. Co.
Date: July 28, 1977
Citation: 349 So. 2d 1187
Docket Number: 49570

Dorfman v. State
Date: July 28, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 954
Docket Number: 50026

DTH v. State
Date: July 28, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 1155
Docket Number: 50578

The Florida Bar v. Price
Date: July 28, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 887
Docket Number: 51862

Occidental Chemical Company v. Mayo
Date: July 14, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 336
Docket Number: 47928

Allied Van Lines, Inc. v. Bratton
Date: July 14, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 344
Docket Numbers: 49517, 49596

Ivory v. State
Date: July 14, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 26
Docket Number: 49615

Raffield v. State
Date: July 14, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 945
Docket Number: 49872

Coladonato v. State
Date: July 14, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 326
Docket Number: 50183

In Re the Florida Bar
Date: July 14, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 547
Docket Number: 51216

English v. McCrary
Date: July 13, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 293
Docket Number: 49039

State v. Greene
Date: July 7, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 3
Docket Number: 50371

Goldberg v. State
Date: July 1, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 332
Docket Numbers: 49032, 49035

ITT Community Development Corp. v. Seay
Date: June 30, 1977
Citation: 347 So. 2d 1024
Docket Number: 49028

Kerlin v. State
Date: June 30, 1977
Citation: 352 So. 2d 45
Docket Number: 50211

Town of Indian River Shores v. Richey
Date: June 30, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 1
Docket Number: 50307

State v. Rodgers
Date: June 30, 1977
Citation: 347 So. 2d 610
Docket Number: 50735

Milton v. Smathers
Date: June 30, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 24
Docket Number: 51041

Sullivan v. Askew
Date: June 30, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 312
Docket Number: 51276

Thompson v. State
Date: June 23, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 701
Docket Numbers: 49964, 50486

Surace v. State
Date: June 23, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 702
Docket Numbers: 49965, 50485

Davis v. Sobik's Sandwich Shops, Inc.
Date: June 16, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 17
Docket Number: 49552

Petition of Post-Newsweek Stations, Etc.
Date: June 14, 1977
Citation: 347 So. 2d 404
Docket Number: 46835

Avila South Condominium Ass'n, Inc. v. Kappa Corp.
Date: June 13, 1977
Citation: 347 So. 2d 599
Docket Number: 48753

Aldridge v. State
Date: June 9, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 942
Docket Number: 46958

Johnson v. State
Date: June 9, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 10
Docket Number: 47513

Pugliese v. Pugliese
Date: June 9, 1977
Citation: 347 So. 2d 422
Docket Number: 49908

State v. Jefferson
Date: June 9, 1977
Citation: 347 So. 2d 427
Docket Number: 50021

Woodgate Development Corp. v. Hamilton Investment Trust
Date: June 9, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 14
Docket Number: 50027

Stern v. Miller
Date: June 9, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 303
Docket Number: 50182

Askew v. City of Ocala
Date: June 9, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 308
Docket Number: 50221

State Ex Rel. Girard v. McNulty
Date: June 9, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 311
Docket Number: 50574

State v. Simpson
Date: June 2, 1977
Citation: 347 So. 2d 414
Docket Numbers: 48426, 48595, 48596

Garo v. Garo
Date: June 2, 1977
Citation: 347 So. 2d 418
Docket Number: 49282

Milar Galleries, Inc. v. Miller
Date: June 2, 1977
Citation: 349 So. 2d 170
Docket Number: 49903

Bellamy v. State
Date: June 2, 1977
Citation: 347 So. 2d 419
Docket Number: 50082

Early v. Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc.
Date: May 31, 1977
Citation: 354 So. 2d 351
Docket Numbers: 49625, 49650

Nowlin v. State
Date: May 26, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 1020
Docket Number: 47061

Lassitter v. Intern. Union of Op. Engin.
Date: May 26, 1977
Citation: 349 So. 2d 622
Docket Numbers: 47869, 47871

State v. Hassberger
Date: May 26, 1977
Citation: 350 So. 2d 1
Docket Numbers: 48444, 48445

State v. Perkins
Date: May 26, 1977
Citation: 349 So. 2d 161
Docket Number: 49609

D'ALEMBERTE v. Anderson
Date: May 26, 1977
Citation: 349 So. 2d 164
Docket Number: 49851

Ray Lein Const., Inc. v. Wainwright
Date: May 26, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 1029
Docket Number: 50153

State v. Dye
Date: May 19, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 538
Docket Number: 49579

Johnson v. State
Date: May 12, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 66
Docket Number: 47133

Ins. Co. of North America v. Avis Rent-A-Car
Date: May 12, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 1149
Docket Number: 49795

SCHOOL BD. OF BROWARD CTY. v. Surette
Date: May 12, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 301
Docket Number: 50283

Williams v. State
Date: May 12, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 67
Docket Number: 50489

Blackburn v. Dorta
Date: May 5, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 287
Docket Numbers: 46621, 47621, 48443

John Caves Land Development Company v. Suggs
Date: May 5, 1977
Citation: 352 So. 2d 44
Docket Number: 50081

Greene v. State
Date: May 5, 1977
Citation: 351 So. 2d 941
Docket Number: 50451

McGovern v. Lee County
Date: May 2, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 58
Docket Number: 49344

Lawrence v. Florida East Coast Ry. Co.
Date: April 29, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 1012
Docket Number: 49275

SR v. State
Date: April 29, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 1018
Docket Number: 50144

ITT Rayonier, Inc. v. Wadsworth
Date: April 28, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 1004
Docket Number: 49229

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Am. Hardware Mut. Ins. Co.
Date: April 28, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 726
Docket Number: 50210

Fresneda v. State
Date: April 21, 1977
Citation: 347 So. 2d 1021
Docket Number: 48963

Deseret Ranches of Florida, Inc. v. Bowman
Date: April 21, 1977
Citation: 349 So. 2d 155
Docket Number: 49241

Florida Greyhound, Etc. v. West Flagler Assoc.
Date: April 21, 1977
Citation: 347 So. 2d 408
Docket Number: 50128

Iley v. Harris
Date: April 21, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 336
Docket Number: 50715

McCaskill v. State
Date: April 7, 1977
Citation: 344 So. 2d 1276
Docket Numbers: 45009, 45010

Storer v. Storer
Date: April 7, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 994
Docket Number: 46935

Harvard v. State
Date: April 7, 1977
Citation: 375 So. 2d 833
Docket Number: 47052

Elledge v. State
Date: April 7, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 998
Docket Number: 48081

Powell v. State
Date: April 7, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 724
Docket Number: 49087

The Florida Bar v. Turner
Date: April 7, 1977
Citation: 344 So. 2d 1280
Docket Number: 50708

Penza v. Neckles
Date: April 7, 1977
Citation: 344 So. 2d 1282
Docket Number: 50875

Belote v. State
Date: March 31, 1977
Citation: 344 So. 2d 565
Docket Number: 47429

City of Jacksonville v. Griffin
Date: March 31, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 988
Docket Number: 47745

Vinson v. State
Date: March 31, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 711
Docket Number: 48476

Lomax v. State
Date: March 31, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 719
Docket Number: 48547

Phillips v. Guin & Hunt, Inc.
Date: March 31, 1977
Citation: 344 So. 2d 568
Docket Number: 49358

Sims v. Helms
Date: March 31, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 721
Docket Number: 49393

Albritton v. General Portland Cement Co.
Date: March 31, 1977
Citation: 344 So. 2d 574
Docket Number: 49938

State v. Winters
Date: March 31, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 991
Docket Number: 49987

Morgan v. Cook
Date: March 31, 1977
Citation: 344 So. 2d 577
Docket Number: 50190

In Interest of Hutchins
Date: March 24, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 703
Docket Number: 48306

Silva v. State
Date: March 24, 1977
Citation: 344 So. 2d 559
Docket Number: 49094

State v. Gale Distributors, Inc.
Date: March 24, 1977
Citation: 349 So. 2d 150
Docket Number: 49297

Wheeler v. State
Date: March 24, 1977
Citation: 344 So. 2d 244
Docket Number: 49319

Barclay v. State
Date: March 17, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 1266
Docket Number: 47260

Lewis v. Bank of Pasco County
Date: March 17, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 53
Docket Number: 48411

Tsavaris v. Scruggs
Date: March 17, 1977
Citation: 360 So. 2d 745
Docket Number: 48637

Walker & LaBerge, Inc. v. Halligan
Date: March 17, 1977
Citation: 344 So. 2d 239
Docket Number: 49056

Cumbie v. State
Date: March 17, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 1061
Docket Number: 49134

State v. Heisterman
Date: March 17, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 1272
Docket Number: 49279

Straughn v. Sun Oil Co.(Delaware)
Date: March 17, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 1062
Docket Numbers: 47274, 49387, 49391, 49397

Lewis v. Mathis
Date: March 17, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 1066
Docket Number: 49398

State v. Harris
Date: March 17, 1977
Citation: 348 So. 2d 283
Docket Number: 49743

Keith v. City of Altamonte Springs
Date: March 17, 1977
Citation: 344 So. 2d 555
Docket Number: 49836

State v. Johnson
Date: March 17, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 1069
Docket Number: 50581

In Re Workmen's Compensation Rules of Procedure
Date: March 17, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 1273
Docket Number: 50633

Burch v. State
Date: March 10, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 831
Docket Number: 45359

Herzog v. Herzog
Date: March 10, 1977
Citation: 346 So. 2d 56
Docket Number: 49498

Sadowski v. Shevin
Date: March 10, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 330
Docket Number: 49769

Department of Revenue v. Leadership Hous., Inc.
Date: March 3, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 611
Docket Number: 47440

United Tel. Co. v. Mayo
Date: March 3, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 648
Docket Number: 49618

Aaron v. State
Date: February 25, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 641
Docket Number: 47075

News-Press Publishing Co. v. Wisher
Date: February 25, 1977
Citation: 345 So. 2d 646
Docket Number: 47088

State v. Mangam
Date: February 25, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 599
Docket Number: 48676

Moore v. State
Date: February 25, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 601
Docket Number: 48831

State v. Williams
Date: February 25, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 35
Docket Number: 49320

State v. Wershow
Date: February 25, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 605
Docket Number: 50077

Stuyvesant Ins. Co. v. Bournazian
Date: February 23, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 471
Docket Number: 46573

Huckaby v. State
Date: February 17, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 29
Docket Number: 47736

Holloway v. State
Date: February 17, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 966
Docket Number: 48103

Sowell v. State
Date: February 17, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 969
Docket Number: 50071

Treiman v. Malmquist
Date: February 17, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 972
Docket Numbers: 50692, 50731, 50854, 50855

The Florida Bar v. Hirsch
Date: February 17, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 970
Docket Numbers: 50149, 51577

Odom v. Deltona Corp.
Date: February 15, 1977
Citation: 341 So. 2d 977
Docket Numbers: 46980, 47086

In Re Advisory Opinion of Governor, Etc.
Date: February 15, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 17
Docket Number: 50611

State v. Heath
Date: February 10, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 13
Docket Number: 47316

Markham v. MacCabee Investments, Inc.
Date: February 10, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 16
Docket Number: 47433

County of Palm Beach v. State
Date: February 10, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 56
Docket Number: 48569

Laird v. State
Date: February 10, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 962
Docket Number: 48889

Treiman v. State Ex Rel. Miner
Date: February 10, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 819
Docket Number: 49061

State v. Adams
Date: February 10, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 818
Docket Number: 49209

Witt v. State
Date: February 3, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 497
Docket Number: 45796

Purdy v. State
Date: February 3, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 4
Docket Number: 47074

Martin v. State
Date: February 3, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 501
Docket Number: 47343

Gonzalez v. Badcock's Home Furnishings Center
Date: February 3, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 7
Docket Number: 48293

Sterling Drug, Inc. v. Wright
Date: February 3, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 503
Docket Number: 48603

State v. Bales
Date: February 3, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 9
Docket Number: 48981

The Florida Bar v. Mattingly
Date: February 3, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 508
Docket Number: 49639

Deltona Corp. v. Mayo
Date: February 3, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 510
Docket Number: 49912

In Re Smith
Date: January 27, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 491
Docket Number: 47617

Gazil v. Gazil
Date: January 27, 1977
Citation: 343 So. 2d 595
Docket Number: 47628

In Re Alvarez
Date: January 27, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 492
Docket Number: 47708

In Re Beverly
Date: January 27, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 481
Docket Number: 47747

Wincast Associates, Inc. v. Hickey
Date: January 20, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 77
Docket Number: 48291

State v. Hamza
Date: January 20, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 80
Docket Number: 48777

Linder v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.
Date: January 13, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 474
Docket Number: 47799

Carroll v. Carroll
Date: January 13, 1977
Citation: 341 So. 2d 771
Docket Number: 48495

United States v. 16.33 Acres of Land in Cty. of Dade
Date: January 13, 1977
Citation: 342 So. 2d 476
Docket Number: 50243

State Ex Rel. Miami Herald Pub. v. McIntosh
Date: January 10, 1977
Citation: 340 So. 2d 904
Docket Number: 48264

In Re LaMotte
Date: January 4, 1977
Citation: 341 So. 2d 513
Docket Number: 49982

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