STEVENS v. STATE

No. 1D13-1206.

127 So.3d 668 (2013)

Barbara STEVENS and Thomas Stevens, as Relators, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida and The State of Florida through its Department of Revenue, GE Money Bank, a Federal Savings Bank; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; U.S. Bank, National Association as Trustee for the Registered Holders of ABFC 2007-WMC1 Trust Asset Backed Funding Corporation Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2007-WMC1, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert H. Mickler of the Law Offices of Mickler & Mickler, Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Russell Kent , Special Counsel, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee; Jeff Atwater , Chief Financial Officer, Department of Financial Services, Tallahassee; Katherine E. Giddings and Thomas Range of Akerman Senterfitt, Tallahassee, and William Heller of Akerman Senterfitt, Ft. Lauderdale; Andrew Boese and Robert Brochin , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Miami; Elizabeth J. Campbell of Locke Lord, LLP, Atlanta; P. Russell Perdew , Chicago; Andrew R. Louis , Bradley A. Marcus , and Matthew P. Previn , Buckley Sandler LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants Barbara Stevens and Thomas Stevens, as relators for the State of Florida, claim Appellees, various parties involved in the financing, sale, and securitization of mortgages, failed to pay Florida documentary sales taxes associated with certain assignments of mortgage notes. Appellants claim the State of Florida did not receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax revenue. They sought to hold Appellees accountable for this alleged failure under...

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