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In re Forfeiture, One 1988 Lincoln Town Car

Supreme Court of Florida
Sep 24, 2002
826 So. 2d 992 (Fla. 2002)

Summary

holding trial courts are without legal authority to utilize contingency multiplier under section 768.79

Summary of this case from Doyle-Vallery v. Aranibar

Opinion

Case No. SC02-1161.

September 24, 2002.

Lower Tribunal No.: 2D01-1249

ORDER ACCEPTING JURISDICTION AND DISPENSING WITH ORAL ARGUMENT

The Court has accepted jurisdiction and the above case has been submitted to the Court without oral argument.

Per this Court's Administrative Order In Re: Mandatory Submission of Briefs on Computer Diskette dated February 5, 1999, if you have not already done so, counsel are directed to include a copy of all briefs on a DOS formatted 3-1/2 inch diskette in WordPerfect 5.1 (or higher) format. PLEASE LABEL ENVELOPE TO AVOID ERASURE.

WELLS, PARIENTE, LEWIS and CANTERO, JJ., concur.

QUINCE, J., concurs and would grant with oral argument.


Decision Without Published Opinion.


Summaries of

In re Forfeiture, One 1988 Lincoln Town Car

Supreme Court of Florida
Sep 24, 2002
826 So. 2d 992 (Fla. 2002)

holding trial courts are without legal authority to utilize contingency multiplier under section 768.79

Summary of this case from Doyle-Vallery v. Aranibar
Case details for

In re Forfeiture, One 1988 Lincoln Town Car

Case Details

Full title:IN RE FORFEITURE OF: ONE 1988 LINCOLN TOWN CAR, VIN 1LNBM81F8JY612959 AND…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Sep 24, 2002

Citations

826 So. 2d 992 (Fla. 2002)

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