Title: Florida Department Of Financial Services, Etc. v. Ocean Bank

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC05-1180 
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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, etc., 
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
OCEAN BANK,  
Respondent. 
 
[November 2, 2006] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We initially accepted jurisdiction to review the decision in Ocean Bank v. 
State Department of Financial Services, 902 So. 2d 833 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005), 
based on a question certified by the First District Court of Appeal to be of great 
public importance.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. 
 
Upon further consideration, we have determined that we should exercise our 
discretion and discharge jurisdiction of this cause.  Accordingly, this review 
proceeding is hereby dismissed. 
It is so ordered. 
 
LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and 
BELL, JJ., concur. 
 
 
NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED. 
 
 
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified 
Great Public Importance  
 
 
First District - Case No. 1D04-3906 
 
 
(Leon County) 
 
E. Barclay Cale, Miami, Florida, Laudelina F. McDonald and Yamile Benitez-
Torviso, Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Rehabilitation and 
Liquidation, Miami, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
J. Riley Davis of Akerman Senterfitt, Tallahassee, Florida, Kendall Coffey of 
Coffey and Wright, LLP, Coconut Grove, Florida, and Joel L. Tabas of Tabas, 
Freedman, Soloff and Miller, Miami, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent 
 
 
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