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An insolvent fuel company is managed by a court-appointed receiver. [11] A U.S. District Judge appointed a receiver for the multi-level marketing company Equinox International in August 1999. [12] As of 2007, the receiver was authorized to distribute settlement funds from the now-defunct company to approved claimants. [13]
The Florida Supreme Court building. The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida.The Supreme Court consists of seven judges: the Chief Justice and six Justices who are appointed by the Governor to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each term. [2]
While the receiver, retired Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge Alan Fine, says the auction is necessary to raise cash to pay back some of the $83.5 million owed to creditors, lender Altamar Financial ...
District court of appeal judges, like Florida Supreme Court justices, are first recommended by the Florida Judicial Nominating Commission. They are then appointed by the governor of Florida, but have retention elections every six years, in which voters are asked on the ballot to vote whether the judge should be retained in office.
The Florida attorney general is an elected cabinet official in the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general serves as the chief legal officer of the state, and is head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs. The office is one of Florida's three elected state cabinet posts, along with the chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
Meanwhile, court appointed receivers have been given approval to sell the island, which is in Beaufort County and west of Hunting Island. Approximately $700,000 will be generated from the sale of ...
The Court is the final arbiter of state law of Florida, and its decisions are binding authority for all other Florida state courts, as well as for federal courts when they apply Florida law. In most instances, the only appeal from the Florida Supreme Court is to the U.S. Supreme Court on questions of federal law.
The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest judicial body in the state and sits at the apex of the Florida State Courts System.Its membership consists of seven justices–one of whom serves as Chief Justice–who are appointed by the Governor of Florida to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each term.