MALACHITE AT SAPPHIRE LAKES CONDO ASSOCIATION 2, LLC
v.
SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Fla. 6th DCA | 2024-10-25
No. 6D2023-2568
Ishee, David Michael, J.
2024 FL 12405 Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District (2024)

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Holding

A trial court's decision may be affirmed under the tipsy coachman doctrine when the correct result is reached even if the stated reasoning is flawed, provided any valid theory or principle of law in the record supports the ruling.


Headnotes

[1] Under the tipsy coachman doctrine, an appellate court may affirm a trial court's judgment reached for incorrect reasoning if any valid theory or principle of law in the r…

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“Under the tipsy coachman doctrine, where the trial court 'reaches the right result, but for the wrong reasons,' an appellate court can affirm the decision only if 'there is any theory or principle of law in the record which would support the ruling.'”

Court's application of the tipsy coachman doctrine to justify affirmance

Facts & Procedural History

Malachite at Sapphire Lakes Condo Association 2, LLC appealed a County Court decision involving the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The ca…

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Opinion of the Court

Appeal from the County Court for Collier County.

Tamara Lynne Nicola, Judge.

October 25, 2024 PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. Butler v. Yusem, 44 So. 3d 102, 105 (Fla. 2010) (“Under the tipsy coachman doctrine, where the trial court ‘reaches the right result, but for the wrong reasons,’ an appellate court can affirm the decision only if ‘there is any theory or principle of law in the record which would support the ruling.’” (emphasis omitted) (quoting Robertson v. State, 829 So. 2d 901, 906 (Fla. 2002))); 28 U.S.C.

§ 2410 (outlining exceptions to sovereign immunity in certain proceedings involving property owned, mortgaged, or liened by the United States).

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TRAVER, C.J., and STARGEL and WOZNIAK, JJ., concur. Gregory Bryl, Sunny Isles Beach, for Appellant. Jason D. Silver and Jacqueline C. Guberman, of Kelley Kronenberg, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee.


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