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Fifth District: Serious About Subject Matter Jurisdiction

By Matt Conigliaro, Esq.

Florida's appellate courts can and should raise the issue of subject matter jurisdiction when the parties ignore or overlook it. Recently, the Fifth District has issued two decisions that, sua sponte, delve into that area. One is rather simple. The other is simply significant. This decision shows that the inquiry can extend to where the jurisdictional flaw lies at the case's inception in the

Full post as published by Abstract Appeal on June 04, 2009 (boomark / email).