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District Courts of Appeal may recede from certain case law and precedent in subsequent decisions, or the Supreme Court may override a district court's precedent in favor of conflicting case law from another district.

Because the Florida Supreme Court has predominantly discretionary jurisdiction ( i. e., can choose which cases it wants to hear ), the DCAs provide the final word on the vast majority of cases appealed in the State of Florida.

Cases that are affirmed without comment by the district courts cannot be appealed to the Supreme Court, even as a request for discretionary review.