# Wanton v. Florida a & M University Board of Trustees

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · August 11, 2010 · 41 So. 3d 434

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2537587

## Case

- **Full name:** Dr. Eva C. WANTON, Appellant, v. FLORIDA a & M UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Appellee
- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** August 11, 2010
- **Citations:** 41 So. 3d 434; 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 11715; 2010 WL 3156731
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Thomas, Wetherell, Marstiller
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that substance of an order rather than its label is determinative of the order’s nature

## Opinion text

PER CURIAM.
DISMISSED.
See Hickox v. Taylor,
933 So.2d 675 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006);
see also Augustin v. Blount, Inc.,
573 So.2d 104 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991);
Zabawa v. Penna,
868 So.2d 1292 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004) (holding that substance of an order rather than its label is determinative of the order’s nature).
THOMAS, WETHERELL, and MARSTILLER, JJ., concur.

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