Opinion
No. 1D13–5052.
2014-03-12
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND (BOARD), Appellant, v. Steven R. ANDREWS, Grove Properties Limited, A Florida Limited Partnership and John K. Aurell, As General Partner of Grove Properties Limited, Appellees.
An appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Leon County. John C. Cooper, Judge. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Joseph A. Spejenkowski, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Steven R. Andrews, Ryan J. Andrews, Brian O. Finnerty, and Stephen Webster, of the Law Office of Steven Andrews, Tallahassee; James P. Judkins, of Judkins, Simpson, High & Schulte, Tallahassee; Frederick L. Aschauer, Jr. and Benjamin M. Melnick, Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, for Appellees.
An appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Leon County. John C. Cooper, Judge.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Joseph A. Spejenkowski, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Steven R. Andrews, Ryan J. Andrews, Brian O. Finnerty, and Stephen Webster, of the Law Office of Steven Andrews, Tallahassee; James P. Judkins, of Judkins, Simpson, High & Schulte, Tallahassee; Frederick L. Aschauer, Jr. and Benjamin M. Melnick, Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, for Appellees.
Upon consideration of the parties' responses to the Court's orders of October 28, 2013, and January 29, 2014, the Court has determined that the claim addressed by the lower tribunal in the order on appeal is inextricably intertwined with the claim left pending. Therefore, the order on appeal is not a final order subject to immediate appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is hereby dismissed as premature. LEWIS, C. J., WETHERELL and ROWE, JJ., concur.