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Pitts v. Alpha Omega Title Services, Inc.

Supreme Court of Florida
Sep 11, 2006
Case No. SC06-1521 (Fla. Sep. 11, 2006)

Opinion

Case No. SC06-1521.

September 11, 2006.

Lower Tribunal No. 2D05-2111.


The petition for writ of prohibition is hereby denied. See English v. McCrary, 348 So. 2d 293, 296-97 (Fla. 1977) (holding that prohibition may only be granted when it is shown that a lower court is without jurisdiction or attempting to act in excess of jurisdiction and may be invoked only in emergency cases to forestall an impending present injury where the person seeking the writ has no other appropriate and adequate legal remedy).

To whatever extent the Petitioner is seeking to invoke this Court's all writs jurisdiction, the petition is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. See Williams v. State, 913 So. 2d 541, 543-44 (Fla. 2005) (stating that "[i]n the present cases . . . neither petitioner . . . cites an independent basis that would allow the Court to exercise its all writs authority, and no such basis is apparent on the face of the petitions"); St. Paul Title Ins. Corp. v. Davis, 392 So. 2d 1304, 1305 (Fla. 1980) (stating that "all writs provision of [article V,] section 3(b)(7) [of the Florida Constitution] does not confer added appellate jurisdiction on this Court, and this Court's all writs power cannot be used as an independent basis of jurisdiction as petitioner is hereby seeking to use it").

The request for oral argument and "Emergency Motion for Constitutional Stay" are hereby denied.

ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO and BELL, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Pitts v. Alpha Omega Title Services, Inc.

Supreme Court of Florida
Sep 11, 2006
Case No. SC06-1521 (Fla. Sep. 11, 2006)
Case details for

Pitts v. Alpha Omega Title Services, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:BRIAN PITTS, Petitioner(s) v. ALPHA OMEGA TITLE SERVICES, INC., ET AL.…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Sep 11, 2006

Citations

Case No. SC06-1521 (Fla. Sep. 11, 2006)