RUTH v. STATE, DEPT. OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

Nos. 94-03341, 94-03609 and 94-03610.

661 So.2d 901 (1995)

Stephen L. RUTH, a/k/a Stephen Louis Ruth, a/k/a Larry Richards; M. Eileen Borg, a/k/a Eileen Ruth, a/k/a Muriel E. Borg, a/k/a Muriel Wilson; The M. Eileen Borg Revocable Trust; and Others Known and Unknown, Petitioners/Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, Respondent/Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Stidham of Boswell, Stidham, Purcell, Conner, Wilson & Brewer, Bartow, for Petitioners/Appellants.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeanne Clougher, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent/Appellee.


PARKER, Judge.

The issue to be resolved in these appeals is whether a circuit court, upon personal service of a defendant within the court's jurisdiction, has subject matter jurisdiction to forfeit real property to the state under the Florida RICO Act. Petitioners/Appellants, Stephen L. Ruth, a/k/a Stephen Louis Ruth, a/k/a Larry Richards; M. Eileen Borg, a/k/a Eileen Ruth, a/k/a Muriel E. Borg, a/k/a Muriel Wilson; The M. Eileen Borg Revocable Trust; and Others Known...

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