Knowles v. Beverly Enterprises-Florida

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that the courts must presume that the Legislature will not effect so important a measure as the repeal of a law without expressing an intention to do so
• noting that although section 400.023(1) provides remedial remedies for nursing home residents, the Court is without power to add words to the statute
• noting that, although section 400.023(1) provides remedial remedies for nursing home residents, the Court is without power to add words to the statute
• explaining that when a statute’s language is unambiguous, the statute should be given its obvious meaning
• \It is well settled that legislative intent is the polestar that guides a court's statutory construction analysis.\
• “Statutory interpretations that render statutory provisions superfluous are, and should be, disfavored.” (Cantero, J., concurring

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• FL. DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION v. Contractpoint Florida Parks, LLC
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-07-10· cited 78×
• DADELAND DEPOT. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-12-21· cited 77×
• Blankfeld v. Richmond Health Care, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-05-25· cited 55×
• V.K.E. v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-07-06· cited 55×
• Florida Department of Children & Family Services v. P.E.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-07-16· cited 50×
• Jared Bretherick v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-07-09· cited 42×
• Kelly v. Palmer, Reifler, & Associates, P.A.
  S.D. Florida· 2010-01-11· cited 38×
• Humane Soc. of Broward v. Fl Humane Soc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-03-14· cited 31×
• Kingsway Amigo Insurance Co. v. Ocean Health, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-05-18· cited 31×
• ALTERRA HEALTHCARE v. Estate of Linton Ex Rel. Graham
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-02-28· cited 28×
• National Auto Service Centers, Inc. v. F/R 550, LLC
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-03-30· cited 28×
• & SC13-1976 Bradley Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg, etc. and City of St. Petersburg, etc. v. Bradley Westphal
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-06-09· cited 26×
• Saleeby v. Rocky Elson Construction, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-01-30· cited 24×
• Gessa v. Manor Care of Florida, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-11-23· cited 22×
• BRASS & SINGER v. United Automobile Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-11-09· cited 19×
• Hess v. Walton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-03-16· cited 19×
• Board of Trustees, Jacksonville Police & Fire Pension Fund, etc. v. Curtis W. Lee
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-04-14· cited 19×
• Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg/City of St. Petersburg Risk Management
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-09-23· cited 19×
• James Barry Wright v. City of Miami Gardens, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-09-15· cited 18×
• City of Jacksonville v. Smith
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-02-26· cited 16×

Cites

76 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-19· cited 1,032×
• Holly v. Auld
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-05-03· cited 735×
• Markham v. Cabell
  Supreme Court· 1946-01-14· cited 471×
• Forsythe v. Longboat Key Beach Erosion
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-06-25· cited 294×
• State v. Webb
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-05-14· cited 258×
• Byrd v. Richardson-Greenshields Securities, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-10-26· cited 147×
• State v. Egan
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-12-12· cited 140×
• Hayes v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-10-07· cited 138×
• State v. Goode
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-10-17· cited 109×
• Joshua v. City of Gainesville
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-08-31· cited 109×
• Cox v. Roth
  Supreme Court· 1955-01-10· cited 108×
• American Bankers Life Assur. Co. of Fla. v. Williams
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1968-07-23· cited 106×
• Florida State Racing Commission v. McLaughlin
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1958-03-26· cited 102×
• Thompson v. Kindred Nursing Centers East, LLC
  M.D. Florida· 2002-04-16· cited 100×
• Gay v. Canada Dry Bottling Co. of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1952-06-24· cited 98×
• Martin v. United Security Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-04-23· cited 94×
• McKendry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-05-19· cited 90×
• McLaughlin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-12-17· cited 90×
• Metro. Dade County v. Chase Fed. Housing
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-06-10· cited 85×
• Lowry v. Parole and Probation Com'n
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-06-13· cited 84×