Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of July 23 -27, 2018

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

NE 32nd Street v. US - Quiet Title Act, limitations
US v. Watts - robbery, right to testify, sentencing
Daughtrey v. Rivera - bankruptcy
Lewis v. Ala - Ala Minimum Wage Act, equal protection

Florida Supreme Court – Tallahassee

No decisions this week

First District Court of Appeal – Tallahassee

Scott v. Trotti - judicial vacancy, appointment, election
Rivet v. State - murder, circumstantial evidence; Williams rule
Gartman v. State - double jeopardy
Cooper v. State - preservation of error
Alfred v. Barfield - pro se sanctions
Carter v. State - postconviction relief
Sowell v. Faith Christian - prohibition; tax exemption challenge
Fla Ass'n of Homes v. AHCA - administrative review, emergency rules
SG v. State - delinquency, resisting without violence
Anderson v. Broward Sheriff - workers' compensation

Second District Court of Appeal – Lakeland

State v. Zachery - search and seizure
Moody v. State - search and seizure
Super Products v. Intracoastal - fee award, appellate jurisdiction
Marzullo v. Marzullo - appellate jurisdiction
Hawks v. Libit - prevailing party costs

Third District Court of Appeal – Miami

Gering v. State - Jimmy Ryce Rules, directed verdict
State v. Garcia - § 934.06, surreptitious recordings
US Bank v. Amaya - foreclosure, limitations, res judicata
US Bank v. Ramirez - foreclosure, limitations
Jay v. State - postconviction relief
Brown v. BNB Inv - personal jurisdiction, service of process
Dixon v. Dixon Bellamy - paternity
Martinez v. Taurus Int'l - gun manufacturers, immunity
Martin v. State - postconviction relief
Franco v. Thomas - rule 1.540, legal error
Nationstar v. Roque - foreclosure, redemption
Brown v. State - postconviction relief
Watts v. State - postconviction relief
Westberry v. State - habeas corpus

Fourth District Court of Appeal – West Palm Beach

Fournier v. Calvo - attorney's fees
Weeks v. Palm Beach - defamation; statute of limitations
Defilippo v. Curtin - statutory violation; negligence; causation; Fabre
Delopa v. State - probation revocation
Abt v. Metro Motors - attorney's charging lien
Renny v. Bertoloti - enforcement; settlement agreement
Schneider v. First Amer Bank - foreclosure; remedies
Bentz v. State - right to counsel
Vaughn v. Vaughn - martial assets; distribution
Newman v. Mayer Brown - discovery; de facto parties
Parkmond v. Bank of NY Mellon - service of process
Lopez v. Hernandez - marital dissolution
People's Trust Ins. V. Tracey - insurance; appraisal
Southern Wall Products v. Bolin - personal jurisdiction; minimum contacts
Broward School Board v. CNN - public records; criminal investigation; video
Fleury v. State - bail condition; bond; source of funds

Fifth District Court of Appeal – Daytona Beach

Deutsche Bank v. Green - foreclosure, statute of limitations
Jackson v. State - plea, competency
Robinson v. State - sentencing, juvenile
Edwards v. State - sentencing, juvenile
McNeil v. Jenkins-McNeil - dissolution, Florida residency
Moss v. Estate of Hudson - quash service, substituted
State v. Grate - quo warranto; public defender, intervention
State v. Skinner - quo warranto; public defender, intervention
State v. Office of PD (18th Cir) - quo warranto; public defender, intervention

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