Haven Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Kirian

How courts have described this case

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

• defining court procedure as encompassing “the course, form, manner, means, method, mode, order, process or steps by which a party enforces substantive rights or obtains redress for their invasion” (citation omitted)
• describing the Florida Supreme Court’s “exclusive authority to regulate” court practice and procedure
• \[A]n affirmative defense defeats the plaintiff's cause of action by a denial or confession and avoidance.\
• \A court cannot grant summary judgment where a defendant asserts legally sufficient affirmative defenses that have not been rebutted.\ (citing Ton-Will Enters. v. T & J Losurdo, Inc., 440 So. 2d 621 (Fla. 2d DCA 6 1983))
• discussion on distinction between procedural and substantive law

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