CLARENCE SHANNON, JR., APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Allie William Campbell v. Maze, 339 So. 2d 202 (Fla. 1976)
  …s on petition for writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal reported at 307 So. 2d 234 (Fla.App.4th 1975). The decision reported there conflicts with Royal-Globe Insurance Companies v. Indian River Gas Company, 281 So. 2d 380 (Fla.App.1st 1973). We have jurisdiction.1 The issue to be decided is whether costs taxable to a plaintiff taking a voluntary dismissal include reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in preparation for trial. Plaintiff-respondent Maze took a voluntar…
• Mystan Marine, Inc. v. Harrington, 339 So. 2d 200 (Fla. 1976)
  …is Court for a writ of certiorari alleging “conflict” jurisdiction under Article V, § 3(b)(3) of the Florida Constitution. The petition here asserts direct conflict between the district court’s order and Royal-Globe Ins. Co. v. Indian River Gas Co., 281 So. 2d 380 (Fla. 1st DCA 1973), cert. dismissed on stip., Case No. 44320, filed January 7, 1974 (Fla.). In Royal-Globe a majority of the First District Court of Appeal held without explanation that attorneys’ fees were taxable as costs following a voluntary d…
• Giachetti v. Johnson, 308 So. 2d 143 (Fla. 2d DCA 1975)
  …to recover his attorneys’ fees as costs in an automobile negligence action in which the plaintiff took a voluntary dismissal near the completion of the trial. To the contrary, in Royal-Globe Insurance Cos. v. Indian River Gas Co., Fla.App.1st 1973, 281 So. 2d 380, the First District denied a petition for writ of certiorari to review a cost judgment wherein the defendants, in a tort action that was voluntarily dismissed by plaintiff prior to trial, were awarded $259 for attorneys’ fees and travel costs. The R…

Authorities Cited

• Williams v. State, 254 So. 2d 22 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971)