Raborn v. Menotte’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “Again, the first certified question asks: Whether, under Florida Statutes section 689.07(1) as it existed before its 2004 amendment, this Deed — which is a recorded real estate conveyance deed to a named trustee of a private express trust identified in the deed by name and date, and contains other language referring to the unrecorded trust agreement, the settlors, and the beneficiaries — conveys only legal title to the property in trust to the grantee as trustee.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 974 So. 2d 328 - Raborn v. Menotte

2. “Whether, as a matter of Florida law, the 2004 statutory amendment to Florida Statutes section 689.07(1) applies retroactively to the Deed in this particular case and causes the Deed—in the light of the amendment—to convey only legal title to the grantee in trust.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 974 So. 2d 328 - Raborn v. Menotte

3. “is determinative of the cause and for which there is no controlling precedent of the supreme court of Florida.” Fla. Const. art. V, § 3(b)(6); see also Stevens v. Battelle Memorial Inst., 488 F.3d 896 , 904 (11th Cir.2007). We have also previously said that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jackson-Shaw Co. v. Jacksonville Aviation Authority