Florida Statute 7.17 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title II
STATE ORGANIZATION

Chapter 7
COUNTY BOUNDARIES

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7.17 Escambia County.—The County of Escambia comprehends all that part of the State of Florida lying to the west and south of a line beginning at the Alabama line where said line crosses the Escambia River; running thence down the thread of said river to Escambia Bay; thence along said bay to Deer Point, at the intersection of Santa Rosa Sound with said bay; thence up said Santa Rosa Sound to a line parallel to and exactly 1 mile west of the range line dividing ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven west, thence south along such parallel line to the waters of the Gulf of America; and the Counties of Escambia and Santa Rosa shall have concurrent jurisdiction of any offenses committed on the waters of Santa Rosa Sound.

History.—s. 1, Ord. July 21, 1821; s. 1, Aug. 12, 1822; s. 1, Dec. 9, 1825; s. 8, Nov. 23, 1828; s. 1, Feb. 18, 1842; RS 11; GS 9; RGS 9; CGL 11; s. 1, ch. 23867, 1947; s. 1, ch. 57-834; s. 1, ch. 83-130; s. 1, ch. 91-310; s. 6, ch. 2025-8.

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Am. Trucking Ass'n, Inc. v. United States of Am. & Interstate Com. Comm'n, 688 F.2d 1337 (11th Cir. 1982).

Cited 26 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 24900

collected in Davis Treatise, supra, at § 7:17. This court has never expressly endorsed the substantial

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Brooks v. Miller, 158 F.3d 1230 (11th Cir. 1998).

Cited 10 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 27881, 1998 WL 758365

Ann. tit. 26, § 1-103 (West 1991); S.C.Code Ann. § 7-17-600 (Law.Coop.1977); Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 172

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Lower Fees, Inc. v. Bankrate, Inc., 74 So. 3d 517 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 16358, 2011 WL 4949835

...The largest section of the agreement contained more than two hundred representations upon which the parties relied. [1] Both parties consider themselves "sophisticated" business entities, and both were represented by skilled attorneys in negotiating and preparing the agreement. At issue in this case is the effect of Section 7.17 of the asset purchase agreement, titled "Entire Agreement" but referred to by the parties as the "no-reliance clause," which states: This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with res...

...The trial court granted the motion to dismiss with prejudice, holding the "no-reliance clause" of the asset purchase agreement barred the fraudulent inducement claim. Appellate review of a trial court decision granting a motion to dismiss is de novo. Wallace v. Dean, 3 So.3d 1035, 1045 (Fla.2009). Lower Fees argues that Section 7.17 of the asset purchase agreement does not bar its claim for rescission based on fraudulent inducement because (1) the asset purchase agreement in its entirety was procured by fraud; (2) the claimed misrepresentations do not concern the su...

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State Ex Rel. Ervin v. Massachusetts Co., 95 So. 2d 902 (Fla. 1957).

Cited 7 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...rown in its office of Admiralty at the end of a year and a day, under the authority of the English cases above cited; that since the property was resting in territorial waters of the State of Florida and within the boundaries of Escambia County, See Section 7.17, Fla....

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Brooks v. Miller, 158 F.3d 1230 (11th Cir. 1998).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Ann. tit. 26, § 1-103 (West 1991); S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-600 (Law. Co-op. 1977); Tex. Elec. Code Ann. §

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Pub. Citizen, Inc. v. Zell Miller, 992 F.2d 1548 (11th Cir. 1993).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 13641

Okla.Stat. tit. 26, § 1-103 (1991); S.C.Code Ann. § 7-17-600 (1991); S.D.Codified Laws Ann. § 12-6-51.1

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Earline McBride v. Carnival Corp. (11th Cir. 2024).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Argued: Dec 7, 2023

of Fed. Civ. Discovery and Disclosures § 7:17 (4th ed. & July 2023 update) (“The

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Palm Beach Resurfacing, Inc. v. Michelle Renee Floyd (Fla. 4th DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

Any person who commits an act prohibited by section 7-17 of this article may be charged with a

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Aba Interior Inc. v. The Owen Grp. Corp. (Fla. 4th DCA 2022).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

Stat. (2019). That said, Palm Beach County Code section 7-17(b)(2) makes it unlawful for a person who is