Green v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that child abuse occurs when any person, not just a caretaker, abuses a child
• \[T]he plain and ordinary meaning of [a] word can be ascertained by reference to a dictionary.\ (citing Gardner v. Johnson, 451 So. 2d 477, 478 (Fla. 1984))
• under doctrine that enumeration of specific things followed by some more general word limits general word to things of the same kind or species as those specifically enumerated
• when a statute enumerates specific things followed by a more general word, the general word will usually be construed to refer to the same kind or species of those specifically enumerated
• when enumeration of specific things in statute is followed by more general word, general word will usually be construed to refer to things of same kind or species of those specifically enumerated
• \To dismiss from employment; to terminate employment of a person.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

119 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rollins v. Pizzarelli
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-05-04· cited 121×
• State v. Carter
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-12-05· cited 108×
• State v. Burris
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-04-08· cited 94×
• Seagrave v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-07-12· cited 74×
• Sieniarecki v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-04-27· cited 67×
• School Board of Palm Beach County v. Survivors Charter Schools, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-02-27· cited 65×
• Raulerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-07-13· cited 63×
• Westerheide v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-09-29· cited 54×
• Nehme v. Smithkline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-09-25· cited 52×
• Delgado v. JW COURTESY PONT. GMC-TRUCK
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-03-21· cited 48×
• State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Castillo
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-08-14· cited 41×
• Montgomery v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-03-17· cited 33×
• Frankenmuth Mut. Ins. Co. v. Magaha
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-09-21· cited 33×
• State v. Barnes
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-11-27· cited 32×
• Bennett v. St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-07-07· cited 28×
• WFTV, Inc. v. Wilken
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-06-19· cited 27×
• Reform Party of Florida v. Black
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-09-17· cited 25×
• Allstate Ins. Co. v. Rudnick
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-05-04· cited 24×
• Dept. of Rev. v. New Sea Escape Cruises
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-02-17· cited 24×
• State v. Cohen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-07-02· cited 21×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• SE FISHERIES v. Dept. of Nat. Resources
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-04-26· cited 118×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-08-18· cited 56×
• State Ex Rel. Wedgworth Farms, Inc. v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1958-03-07· cited 49×
• Fuqua v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1962-10-08· cited 43×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1968-06-03· cited 41×
• Gardner v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-05-31· cited 26×
• Desin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-05-13· cited 5×
• People v. Ross
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-05-11· cited 1×
• Green v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-12-09· cited 1×