Roberts v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that prohibition prevents a lower court from acting in excess of its jurisdiction, but it is not appropriately used to reverse or correct prior acts
• granting prohibition in a matter in which the Florida Supreme Court possessed exclusive jurisdiction
• granting a writ of prohibition challenging the denial of a motion to dismiss a pre-election challenge to a proposed citizen-initiative amendment because the supreme court has exclusive jurisdiction over such matters
• “Had we intended to overrule our prior declaration ..., we would have done so in a more definite and express manner.”
• “Circuit courts are not authorized to issue advisory opinions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re Senate Joint Resolution of Legislative Apportionment 1176
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-03-09· cited 36×
• Arsali v. Chase Home Finance LLC
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-07-11· cited 28×
• Whiley v. Scott
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-08-16· cited 15×
• Florida House of Representatives v. League of Women Voters of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-07-11· cited 12×
• League of Women Voters v. Data Targeting, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-05-27· cited 9×
• Rick Scott, in his official capacity etc. v. Gail Francati
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-03-20· cited 7×
• Pulkkinen v. Pulkkinen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-11-26· cited 7×
• School Board of Miami-Dade County v. C.A.F., S.R.F., and J.H.F.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-06-01· cited 4×
• Laycock v. TMS Logistics, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-01-19· cited 3×
• Rodriguez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-02-07· cited 2×
• State of Florida v. Michael James Jackson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2020-11-25
• State of Florida v. Bessman Okafor
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2020-11-25
• Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Inc. v. Cord Byrd, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2022-06-02
• Leonard P. Gonzalez, Jr. v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2023-12-14
• STATE OF FLORIDA v. ANDREW SCOTT CROSE
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-01-26
• Andria Pardes, Etc. v. Jill Pardes, Etc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-01-02
• MICHAEL JOHN CRECELIUS v. MILDRED RIZZITANO, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF ROBERT ANTHONY ALVES, JR.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-02-27
• Equal Ground Education Fund, Inc. v. Secretary, Florida Department of State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2026-06-10

Cites

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

• English v. McCrary
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-07-13· cited 247×
• Martinez v. Scanlan
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-06-06· cited 131×
• Askew v. Firestone
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-10-21· cited 128×
• Puryear v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-02-07· cited 124×
• Armstrong v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-09-07· cited 121×
• Department of Revenue v. Kuhnlein
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-11-30· cited 91×
• McKendry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-05-19· cited 90×
• Advisory Opinion to Atty. Gen.-Limited Political Terms
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-12-19· cited 86×
• Florida League of Cities v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-10-29· cited 61×
• Ray v. Mortham
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-09-02· cited 61×
• Santa Rosa Cty. v. ADMIN. COM'N
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-07-13· cited 55×
• Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General ex rel. Amendment to Bar Government from Treating People Differently Based on Race in Public Education
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-07-13· cited 54×
• Bryant v. Gray
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1954-02-23· cited 47×
• Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-09-24· cited 38×
• Wild v. Dozier
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-02-08· cited 32×
• Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re Standards for Establishing Legislative District Boundaries
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-01-29· cited 30×
• Lane v. Chiles
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-08-21· cited 22×
• Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Referenda Required for Adoption
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-07-12· cited 21×
• Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re: Protect People, Especially Youth, From Addiction, Disease, & Other Health Hazards of Using Tobacco
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-03-16· cited 20×
• Coastal Florida Police Benev. Ass'n, Inc. v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-01-30· cited 17×