OBER v. TOWN OF LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA

No. 4D14-4597.

218 So.3d 952 (2017)

James OBER, Appellant, v. TOWN OF LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA a Florida Municipality, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 25, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel Farach of McGlinchey Stafford, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Susan L. Trevarthen , Laura K. Wendell , Eric P. Hockman and Adam A. Schwartzbaum of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.L., Coral Gables, for appellee.

Heather K. Judd and Jordan R. Wolfgram , Assistant City Attorneys, Office of the City Attorney For The City of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, for Amicus Curiae City of St. Petersburg.

Alexander L. Palenzuela of Law Offices of Alexander L. Palenzuela, P.A., for Amicus Curiae City of Coral Gables.

Chris W. Altenbernd , Marty J. Solomon and Nicholas A. Brown of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tampa, for Amicus Curiae The Florida Land Title Association.

Irwin R. Gilbert of Kelley Kronenberg , West Palm Beach, for Amicus Curiae The Business Law Section of the Florida Bar.

Joseph E. Foster and Carrie Ann Wozniak of Akerman LLP, Orlando, and Richard H. Martin of Akerman LLP, Tampa, for Amicus Curiae Florida Bankers Association.

Kenneth B. Bell and John W. Little, III of Gunster, West Palm Beach, and Robert W. Goldman of Goldman, Felcoski & Stone, P.A., Naples, for Amicus Curiae The Real Property Probate & Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar.

David Rosenberg and Robert R. Edwards of Robertson, Anschutz & Schneid, PL, Boca Raton, Andrea R. Tromberg and Jason Joseph of Gladstone Law Group, P.A., Boca Raton, and David Newman and Ari Miller of Choice Legal Group, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Amicus Curiae The American Legal and Financial Network.

Julia C. Mandell , City Attorney, City of Tampa, and Ernest Mueller , Senior Assistant City Attorney, Tampa, and Victoria Méndez , City Attorney, City of Miami, Miami, for Amicus Curiae City of Tampa, and The City, County and Local Government Section of the Florida Bar.


We grant appellant James Ober's motion for rehearing, withdraw our opinion of August 24, 2016, and substitute the following.

This case involves the application of section 48.23, Florida Statutes (2014), the lis pendens statute, to liens placed on property between a final judgment of foreclosure and a judicial sale. We hold that such...

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