September 18, 2010
Repeat after the Eleventh Circuit: “The timely filing of a notice of appeal is a mandatory prerequisite to the exercise of appellate jurisdiction.” (citation omitted). Sure, there’s an out in Federal Court. You can ask the trial court for an enlargement of time to file the notice of appeal — if you can demonstrate excusable [...]
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September 14, 2010
If a trial court’s stay order maintains the status quo, can the order be reviewed under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130? Or, in plain English, is an injunction by any other name still a reviewable injunction? The Third DCA says yes. In City of Sunny Isles Beach v. Temple B’Nai Zion, Inc., No. 3D10-1137 [...]
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