District Court of Appeal of Florida
State of Florida v. Commerce Commercial Leasing, LLC, 1D05-2743
In a case arising from an alleged "Ponzi scheme" perpetrated upon small businesses in Florida involving telecommunications services and rented equipment, dismissal with prejudice of the attorney general's complaint filed pursuant to the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act is reversed where the complaint did state a claim under the Act.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/29/2007
- Published 01/29/2007
Judges
- BERNSTEIN, SCOTT M., Associate Judge.
Court
- District Court of Appeal of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Christopher M. Kise, Solicitor General, and Lynn C. Hearn, and Erik M. Figlio, Deputy Solicitors General, Tallahassee, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee., James Bruce Culpepper of Akerman Senterfitt, Tallahassee, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants Commerce Commercial Leasing, Dolphin Capital Corporation, National City Commercial Capital Corporation, and Liberty Bank Leasing.