NORTHWEST FLORIDA BLACK BUSINESS INVESTMENT CORPORATION, INC., ET AL.
v.
THE JEFFERSON FIRM, PLLC, ET AL.

Fla. 1st DCA | 2024-12-05
No. 2023-3166
2024 FL 13720 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2024)

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Northwest Florida Black Business Investment Corporation appealed an adverse judgment in a dispute involving The Jefferson Firm and other defendants. The court affirmed the lower court's decision without providing reasoned analysis.


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[1] An appellate court may affirm a lower court's decision without issuing a written opinion when the issues presented are so lacking in merit that further discussion would b…

[2] A per curiam opinion can be used by an appellate court to affirm a lower court's decision.

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Per_curiam
Per Curiam

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

No. 1D2023-3166

NORTHWEST FLORIDA BLACK BUSINESS INVESTMENT CORPORATION, INC., a Florida Not-for-Profit Corporation; RONNIE ADAMS, an individual and Northwest Florida Black Investment Corporation Board Member; KEITH BOWERS, an individual and Northwest Florida Black Investment Corporation Board Member; KEITHEN MATHIS, an individual and Northwest Florida Black Investment Corporation Board Member; HAROLD M. KNOWLES, an individual and Northwest Florida Black Investment Corporation Board Member; and SHERWOOD L. BROWN, SR., an individual and Northwest Florida Black Investment Corporation Officer and Former Board Member,

Appellants,

V.

THE JEFFERSON FIRM, PLLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company; NEHEMIAH JEFFERSON, an individual; DARRELL WILLS, an individual and HILLARD GOLDSMITH, an individual,

Appellees.

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. James Lee Marsh, Judge.

December 5, 2024

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

OSTERHAUS, C.J., and KELSEY and NORDBY, JJ., concur. Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

Jack L. McLean Jr. of Jack L. McLean Jr. & Co. LLC, Tallahassee; Larry White of Larry K. White LLC, Tallahassee, for Appellants.

Eleanor H. Sills and Chris W. Altenbernd of Banker Lopez Gassler P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee Hillard Goldsmith.

Nehemiah L. Jefferson of Esquire Tax Firm, PLLC, Tampa, for Appellees The Jefferson Law Firm and Nehemiah Jefferson.

Darrell Wills, pro se, Appellee.

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