MOBIL OIL CORP. ET AL.

v.

DOW JONES & CO., INC., ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Johnson v. State, 584 So. 2d 95 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991)
  …en appellant would have been obliged to have obeyed it, regardless of whether or not the order was a correct statement of the law. See, Jamason v. State, 447 So. 2d 892 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983), decision approved, 455 So. 2d 380 (Fla.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1100, 105 S.Ct. 768, 83 L.Ed.2d 766 (1985); Vizzi v. State, 501 So. 2d 613 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986), rev. denied, 506 So. 2d 1043 (Fla. 1987). . We note, in passing, however, that the trial court also erred in fining appellant two thousand dollars for his co…
• Mitchel Kalmanson v. Lockett, 848 So. 2d 374 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
  …e Rosen v. Rosen, 696 So. 2d 697, 700 (Fla.1997). Moreover, verbal orders to law enforcement officers, “while not preferred, are necessary at times,” and are generally enforceable. See Jamason v. State, 455 So. 2d 380, 381 (Fla.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1100,105 S.Ct. 768, 83 L.Ed.2d 766 (1985). Thus, Judge Lockett’s alleged conduct, while regrettable if true, was in the performance of a normal judicial function, and met the requirements of the first part of the definition of a judicial act. Whether t…
• Giller v. Shane, 648 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995)
  …n the first instance we hold that a finding of contempt may be based upon the eontemptor’s violation of an oral order. See Jamason v. State, 447 So. 2d 892 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983), approved, 455 So. 2d 380 (Fla. 1984) appeal dismissed, certiorari denied 469 U.S. 1100, 105 S.Ct. 768, 83 L.Ed.2d 766 (1985); Wells v. State, 471 So. 2d 620 (Fla. 5th DCA), cause dismissed, 478 So. 2d 54 (Fla. 1985), reversed on other grounds, 487 So. 2d 1101 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986). Notwithstanding this and assuming for argument’s sake t…