Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of August 17 - 21, 2026

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Wilson v. Fla DOC - § 1983, PLRA
Brown v. Ala DOC - postconviction relief
Kingsolver v. US Att’y Gen - employment, Rehabilitation Act
Delta v. US DOT - airline service, approval, antitrust immunity, challenge
Peden v. Stephens - employment, affair, due process, defamation
Devengoechea v. Venezuela - Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
USA v. Mininger - search and seizure
USA v. Chun - RICO, kickbacks, healthcare
Johnson v. Russell Inv - ERISA, investments, fiduciary duty, evidence
Warner v. Hillsborough Clerk - forfeiture of funds, notice, due process, taking
Finley v. Albritton - § 1983, fabricating evidence

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

No decisions this week

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Lemaire v. State - preservation of error, plea withdrawal
Ptomy v. State - search and seizure
Fabre v. State - sentencing, appellate jurisdiction
Stillamaguamish Tribe v. DD - intervention, Indian child, parental rights termination

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

Capital Standard v. US Bank - appellate court sanctions, generative AI, hallucinations
Sarup v. Citizens - Applegate affirmance
Williamson v. Williamson - marital dissolution, forum non conveniens

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Thompson v. North Bay Vill - summary affirmance, elections, qualifying fee
QC v. State - investigatory stop
Atlas v. Cohen - security deposit, notice
Johnson v. FirstService - agency’s decision, evidence
Tisdol v. State - habeas, postconviction relief
Pope v. DT - insufficient record
Botero v. Labacena - waiver of issue
Schmitz v. Schmitz - mandate, violation
Keeperman v. ZM MWC - summary affirmance
Rodriguez v. State - postconviction relief
McCartney v. State - postconviction relief
Citizens v. Suarez - proposal for settlement, good faith
Carnevale v. Krinzman  - legal malpractice, assignment
Danko v. Bank of Am - appellate jurisdiction

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Frank v. Frank - plenary guardian, moot
Velie v. Walmart - new trial, cumulative
Mcallister v. Holman Auto - dangerous instrumentality, Graves Amendment
White v. State - first-degree murder
Branch v. Springel - travel insurance
Haramis v. Craft - summary judgment standard
Affinity Health v. Hayes Locums - unliquidated damages
Reid v. Amerifund - foreclosure surplus
Gonzalez v. Gonzalez - settlement agreement, alimony
EY v. State - resisting an officer
Chandler v. St. Peter’s Academy - public records, delay
Art Connections v. Burgess Modern - preservation, misrepresentation

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

DO v. State - sentence, statutory maximum
KB v. State - resisting arrest, without violence; multiple counts, continuous act, double jeopardy
Jackson v. State - sanctions, pro se filing restrictions
RM v. DCF - termination, parental rights; appellate burden

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Alvarez v. Lakeland Motors - insufficient record
Wriden v. State - postconviction relief
The Waterfront v. Reynolds Ventures - non-binding arbitration


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