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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 20
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
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20.11 Department of Legal Affairs.There is created a Department of Legal Affairs. The head of the Department of Legal Affairs is the Attorney General.
History.s. 11, ch. 69-106; ss. 1, 2, ch. 77-105.

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Amendments to 20.11


Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 20.11

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Swift Textiles, Inc. v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc., 799 F.2d 697 (11th Cir. 1986).

Cited 51 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 29861

Amendment, 49 U.S.C. § 11707, formerly 49 U.S.C. § 20(11). Among other things, the Carmack Amendment (amending
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Fine Foliage of Florida, Inc. v. Bowman Transp., Inc., 901 F.2d 1034 (11th Cir. 1990).

Cited 34 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 8158, 1990 WL 57350

Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 11707 (formerly 49 U.S.C. § 20(11)). On appeal, Bowman does not dispute that the
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Fine Foliage of Florida, Inc. v. Bowman Transp., Inc., 698 F. Supp. 1566 (M.D. Fla. 1988).

Cited 14 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12500, 1988 WL 119977

Act, 49 U.S.C. § 11707, formerly 49 U.S.C. App. § 20(11). Defendant maintains that its tariff excludes
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Miller v. Aaacon Auto Transp., Inc., 447 F. Supp. 1201 (S.D. Fla. 1978).

Cited 14 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1978 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19467

Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 20(11) plaintiff Judith A. Miller seeks recovery from
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Hoagland v. Ry. Express Agency, 75 So. 2d 822 (Fla. 1954).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

goods in interstate commerce, Title 49 U.S.C.A. § 20(11), has pre-empted this field and supersedes all
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Atl. Coast Line R.R. v. Chase & Co., 146 So. 658 (Fla. 1933).

Cited 6 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 109 Fla. 50

28, 1920, 91 Stats. 491, 49 U.S. Code Ann. Section 20 [11] Interstate Commerce Act), and is valid and
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Smith v. Willis, 415 So. 2d 1331 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...elated to exhaustion. Then conclusions are often stated in the form of an observation about exhaustion law. The result is a body of generalizations about exhaustion law that are largely or mostly contradictions. K. Davis, Administrative Law Treatise § 20.11 at 279-80 (1982 Supp.)....
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Roadway Express, Inc. v. Fuente Cigar, Ltd., 749 F. Supp. 248 (S.D. Fla. 1990).

Cited 3 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14094, 1990 WL 156545

Amendment, 49 U.S.C. § 11707(a)(1), formerly 49 U.S.C. § 20(11).[4] To establish a prima facie case under the
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Miller v. AAACon Auto Transp., Inc., 434 F. Supp. 40 (S.D. Fla. 1977).

Cited 3 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1977 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15152

2011 of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 20(11). Additionally, the court found that the clause
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ST. v. Falls Chase Spec. Taxing Dist., 424 So. 2d 787 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...Thus, circuit court discretion in assessing "the degree of apparent clarity or doubt" inevitably reigns supreme, and Professor Davis' grim assessment of federal law applies as well to Florida's heretofore honored and still unimpeached exhaustion principle. K. Davis, Administrative Law Treatise § 20.11 at 279-80 (1982 Supp.): Since 1975 the [federal] law of exhaustion has become even more disorderly than it previously was....
...The Department also might have instituted administrative proceedings to establish liability and damages for water pollution, subject to court enforcement, or to abate the violations. Section 403.121(2), Fla. Stat. (1979). [2] K. Davis, Administrative Law Treatise § 20.11 at 279, 283 (1982 Supp.)....
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Emery Air Freight v. Cornil, 414 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 20 (11), was recodified without substantive change at
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Horowitch v. Diamond Aircraft Indus., Inc., 526 F. Supp. 2d 1236 (M.D. Fla. 2007).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68453, 2007 WL 2714094

see also 9A Ariz. Prac., Business Law Deskbook § 20:11 (2006-2007). "It is not necessary to show a specific
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Martin v. E. A. McCabe & Co., 113 So. 2d 879 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1959 Fla. App. LEXIS 2679

case is controlled by federal law (49 U.S.C.A. § 20(11,12)). Thereunder, a carrier is not an insurer against
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1977).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

appropriated. Within that opinion, I noted: Section 20.11(3), F. S. [transferred and renumbered s. 16
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Aaacon Auto Transp., Inc. v. Megna, 285 So. 2d 44 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1973 Fla. App. LEXIS 6340

interstate carrier who becomes liable under Section 20(11) of the Interstate Commerce Act for damage to
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Lopez & Sardinas v. Jpmorgan Chase Bank (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

action provision of this Section 20. 11 Thus, but for the bank’s
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Winter Garden Citrus Prods. Coop. v. Tavares & Gulf R.R., 248 So. 2d 200 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 6484

terms of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 20(11) (1970). Thus, I could envision under normal circumstances
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Castellano v. Bader Bros. Van Lines, Inc., 225 So. 2d 439 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1969).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1969 Fla. App. LEXIS 5431

stems from the following theory: (a) 49 U.S.C.A. § 20(11) is the controlling section of the Interstate Commerce
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1975).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

immunity provided in ss. 768.28-768.30, F.S. Section 20.11(3), F.S., provides that the Department of Legal
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Admiral Cruise Servs., Inc. v. M/V ST. TROPEZ, 524 F. Supp. 2d 1378 (S.D. Fla. 2007).

Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2008 A.M.C. 661, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92488, 2007 WL 4324817

persuasive. See also Robert Force, The Law of Seamen at § 20:11 (5th Ed.2007); Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Admiralty
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1974).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

agencies, such board may retain private counsel. Section 20.11(3), F.S. AS TO QUESTION 1: Research reveals
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Federated Dep't Stores, Inc. v. Brinke, 316 F. Supp. 1402 (S.D. Fla. 1970).

Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1970 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10479

arises under the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 20(11), commonly referred to as The Carmack Amendment

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