NORTHWEST FLORIDA BLACK BUSINESS INVESTMENT CORPORATION, INC. ET AL.
v.
THE JEFFERSON FIRM, PLLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; NEHEMIAH JEFFERSON, AN INDIVIDUAL; ET AL.

Fla. 1st DCA | 2025-05-07
No. 2024-1275
2025 FL 3820 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2025)

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Synopsis

A per curiam affirmance by the Florida District Court of Appeal, First District, upholding a lower court decision. The opinion provides minimal analysis, indicating the appellate court agreed with the lower court's disposition.


Holding

The court affirmed the lower court's decision without providing explicit reasoning or analysis of the legal issues.


Headnotes

[1] A judgment will be affirmed on appeal when the appellate court finds no reversible error in the lower court's proceedings.

[2] Parties appearing pro se are held to the same standards of appellate procedure as licensed attorneys.

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“AFFIRMED.”

The complete holding of the court, affirming the lower court's decision in its entirety.

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The case involves a dispute between Northwest Florida Black Business Investment Corporation, Inc. and other parties, including The Jefferson Firm, PLL…

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Per_curiam
Per Curiam

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

No. 1D2024-1275

NORTHWEST FLORIDA BLACK BUSINESS INVESTMENT CORPORATION, INC., 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. J. Lee Marsh, Judge.

May 7, 2025

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

ROWE, KELSEY, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur. Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

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

Eleanor H. Sills and Steven E. Oole of Banker Lopez Gassler P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee Hillard Goldsmith.

Darrell Wills, pro se, Appellee.

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

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