U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Fulton v. Fulton Cnty - en banc, vacating this prior opinion, Takings Clause, remedies
Alvarez v. Fed Detention Ctr - immigration, aliens, bond
Great Bowery v. Consequence Sound - Copyright Act, standing, Annie Leibovitz
Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee
No decisions this week
First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee
Drinkard v. State - murder trial, 12-person jury, juror interview
Leighton v. Kratos Logistics - workers’ compensation
Musser v. Wilmington Sav - reformation, loan modification, summary judgment
Super Green v. Universal P&C - insurance, property, assignment of benefits
Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg
Greenaker v. Universal P&C - insurance, damages valuations, motion in limine
Nuce Acoustic v. DeLesline Constr - pleading defenses, affirmative defenses
DCF v. Sardo - certiorari, competence, involuntary commitment
State v. Brady - search and seizure, probation violation, interlocutory appeal, jurisdiction
Third District Court of Appeal - Miami
Rivera-Enriquez v. State - lesser offense, amended information, hearsay
State v. Paul - hearing continuance
Wallace v. Wallace - guardianship, inadequate record
Medrano-Chavez v. State - bolstering, harmless error
Camacho v. Camacho - self-proving will, notarization
Cox v. State - postconviction relief
Someillan v. State - postconviction relief
JF v. DCF -- psychiatric evaluation
JL v. DCF - certiorari, dismissal, irreparable harm
Ontario Wound v. Legacy Med - certiorari, ‘cat out of the bag’
Norman v. State - postconviction relief
Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach
McDowell v. Moore - directed verdict; contract; fiduciary duty; fraudulent inducement
Pantola v. BNY Mellon - foreclosure, concurrence, hybrid Zoom hearing, trial record
Wells Fargo v. Rio Poco - dismissal, four corners of complaint, condition precedent
Mineo v. Do - HOA, §§ 617.07401, 720.305, pre-suit requirements, derivative claims
Shitiat v. Giacomarra - paternity, sanctions, due process
Klayman v. Portfolio Media - rule 1.540(b)(3), fraud; anti-SLAPP, § 768.295(3)
Jones v. State - criminal restitution
Fuller v. HCA Florida - pro se, appellate briefs, deficiencies
Lewis v. FHSMV - second-tier certiorari relief, civil traffic infraction, incomplete record
Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach
State v. Rivernider - sentence, downward departure
Suleymanov v. Winston Premier - personal jurisdiction, dismissal
Central Fla Psych v. Comas - certiorari; summary judgment, immunity
Munnerlyn v. State - contemporaneous objection, speculation, harmless error
Wells v. State - postconviction relief
DCF v. Williams - certiorari; commitment
Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland
Thime v. State - sentencing
Cook v. State - postconviction relief
Simon v. State - continuance
Griffin v. State - sentencing
Abrams v. State - sentencing
King v. State - sentencing
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