JOHN CROWN,

v.

ROBERT F. COLEMAN, AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF BARBARA CROWN, DECEASED, AND ROBERT F. COLEMAN AND HELEN COLEMAN, HIS WIFE

Citator

Cited By (32 total)

• A.A. v. Cornell Rolle, 604 So. 2d 813 (Fla. 1992)
  …the courts may punish criminal conduct, including contempt. Thus, although it has been recognized that courts have both an inherent and a statutory power to make a finding of contempt, see, e.g., State ex rel. Giblin v. Sullivan, 157 Fla. 496, 507, 26 So. 2d 509, 515-16 (1946); § 38.-22, Fla.Stat. (1991), the sanctions to be used by the courts in punishing contempt may properly be limited by statute. See, e.g., Aaron v. State, 284 So. 2d 673, 676 (Fla.1973) (holding that criminal contempt is a common-law cr…
• In re Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, 196 So. 2d 124 (Fla. 1967)
  …contempts. In proceedings for indirect contempt,, due process of law requires that the accused be given' notice of the charge and a reasonable opportunity to meet it by way of defense or explanation. State ex rel. Giblin v. Sullivan, 157 Fla. 496, 26 So. 2d 509; State ex rel. Geary v. Kelly, 137 So. 2d 262, 263 (Fla.App.1962). The petition (affidavit is used here) must be filed by someone having actual knowledge of the facts and must be under oath. Phillips v. State, 147 So. 2d 163 (Fla.App.1962); see als…
• Delmonico v. Traynor, 116 So. 3d 1205 (Fla. 2013)
  …l for the Plaintiffs also represented that a Florida Bar complaint had been filed against Traynor, but that The Florida Bar had not yet acted upon the complaint due to ongoing litigation. . See, e.g., State ex rel. Giblin v. Sullivan, 157 Fla. 496, 26 So. 2d 509, 515 (1946) (setting forth the rule announced in Myers when discussing the contents of a party’s affidavit appended to a motion to dismiss); Budd v. J.Y. Gooch Co., 157 Fla. 716, 27 So. 2d 72, 75 (1946) (noting that "[t]he rule adopted by this court…