FRANK HANKS

v.

WAINWRIGHT

Citator

Cited By

• M & R Invs. v. Hacker, 511 So. 2d 1099 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987)
  …). A public policy defense was rejected. The other cases relied upon by the debtor and by the trial court, Young v. Sands, Inc., 122 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960); Dorado Beach Hotel Corp. v. Jernigan, 202 So. 2d 830 (Fla. 1st DCA 1967), dismissed, 209 So. 2d 669 (Fla.1968); and Barquin v. Flores, 459 So. 2d 436 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984), are all inapposite here because they did not implicate the Full Faith and Credit Clause. In each of these cases the creditor sought to enforce the debt in Florida. These cases sim…
• Barquin v. Orestes Flores and Jose Flores, 459 So. 2d 436 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984)
  …gambling obligations, even if valid in the [*437] state in which they were undertaken, are unenforceable in Florida as contrary to law and public policy. See Dorado Beach Hotel Gory. v. Jernigan, 202 So. 2d 830 (Fla. 1st DCA 1967), appeal dismissed, 209 So. 2d 669 (Fla.1968); Young v. Sands, Inc., 122 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960); § 849.26, Fla.Stat. (1977). Thus, we find no error in the trial court’s dismissal of Barquin’s complaint, even though the gambling proceeds he sought to recover derived from a Puer…
• Carnival Leisure Indus., Ltd. v. Herman, 629 So. 2d 882 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993)
  …PER CURIAM. We affirm on the authority of Barquín v. Flores, 459 So. 2d 436 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Dorado Beach Hotel Corp. v. Jernigan, 202 So. 2d 830 (Fla. 1st DCA 1967), appeal dismissed, 209 So. 2d 669 (Fla.1968); Young v. Sands Inc., 122 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960). Foreign casino gambling obligations, although valid where created, are unenforceable in Florida. We interpret Florida Statute Section 849.26 as exempting transactions expressly au…