Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2009

Koszola v. SARATOGA BAY HOMEOWNERS ASS'N

Koszola v. SARATOGA BAY HOMEOWNERS ASS'N
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided December 23, 2009 · Gerber, Polen
23 So. 3d 1253; 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 20015; 2009 WL 4927953 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Koszola v. SARATOGA BAY HOMEOWNERS ASS'N

Opinion

GERBER, J.

We affirm the trial court’s final judgment granting declaratory and injunctive relief to the appellee on the finding that the appellants violated the appellee’s declaration and rules and regulations regarding signage and nuisance. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So.2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) (‘Without a record of the trial proceedings, the appellate court can not properly resolve the underlying factual issues so as to conclude that the trial court’s judgment is not supported by the evidence or by an alternative theory.”).

We also affirm the denial of the appellants’ post-judgment motions seeking to disqualify the trial court. See MacKenzie v. Super Kids Bargain Store, Inc., 565 So.2d 1332, 1338 (Fla. 1990) (“[W]e cannot operate a judicial system ... on the basis of the factually unsubstantiated perceptions of the cynical and distrustful.”) (citation omitted); State v. Shaw, 643 So.2d 1163, 1165 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994) (“Motions to disqualify shall not be used by disgruntled litigants as mere licenses to judge-shop.”).

Affirmed.

POLEN and MAY, JJ., concur.

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