475 So. 2d 963 - Black v. Nesmith’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Federal Trade Commission v. Textile & Apparel Group · Florida Forest & Park Service v. Eston Strickland · 439 So. 2d 880 - VanBibber v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Ins. Co. · 335 So. 2d 261 - Gammon v. Cobb · STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH, ETC. v. West
Most-quoted passages
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“To this rule, however, there is a certain well-recognized exception that where a statute has received a given construction by a court of supreme jurisdiction and property or contract rights have been acquired under and in accordance with such construction, such rights should not be destroyed by giving to a subsequent overruling decision a retrospective operation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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