Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of January 31 - February 4, 2022

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

US v. Hardwick - restitution, ex post facto, sentencing
Cavalieri v. Avior Airlines - preemption, diversity, CAFA
Jackson Nat'l Life Ins v. Crum - certified question (Ga. Supreme Ct.), illegal wagering life insurance contract
TR v. Lamar Cty Bd of Ed - qualified immunity, search, invasion of privacy, outrage
Southern Coal v. Drummond Coal Sales - price escalation clauses, attorney fees, contract breach, concurrence

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Bell v. State - capital case, direct appeal
Pincus v. Am Traffic Sol - red light cameras, unjust enrichment
In re Fla R Juv P - amended rules
Booker v. State - capital case, postconviction relief

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Mastandrea v. Snow - defamation, actual malice
Bilus v. State - postconviction relief
Lowitz v. S Ala Brick - certiorari, mental health records
Baltodano v. Baltodano - appellate jurisdiction, nonfinal order, rehearing
Williams v. State - habeas corpus, pro se sanctions

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

KT v. State - criminal restitution
DL v. DCF - parental rights, termination
Santos v. Bartoletta - dating violence injunction
Moret v. State - scrivener's error, sentencing

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

RJ Reynolds v. Gloger - Engle progeny, jury selection, expert cross-exam
Allstate v. Bank of Am - service of process, waiver of challenge
Apollo v. BNP - proceedings supplementary, personal jurisdiction, Ocean's Eleven-like
RAV Bahamas v. Marlin Three - pure bill of discovery
Ortiz v. Ortiz - equitable distribution, alimony
VT v. Liberty Dental - Medicaid, fair hearing
Santiexposito v. State - postconviction relief
Handte v. Monroe Cnty - second-tier certiorari, land use, vacation rentals
Manetta v. State - postconviction relief
Penalver v. State - certiorari, Stand Your Ground
Tower Imaging v. State Farm - forum non conveniens, confession of error
Penrod v. Aleman - certiorari, trial court stay
Song v. State - prohibition, judicial disqualification

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Love v. State - grand theft, restitution
Sanders v. State - rehearing; sentencing
NYC Const v. Jerome - rule 1.540(b), excusable neglect
Schulte v. Bank of NY Mellon - service of process, waiver
Broward v. Manarite - sovereign immunity, rule 9.130
AR v. DCF - parental rights, termination

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Brevard Clerk v. Brevard Bd of Cnty Commrs - declaratory relief; tax revenues, ad valorem
Trident Asset Mgmt v. 2050 Condotel - foreclosure; safe harbor, § 718.116(1)(b)
Dalton v. State - probation violation, sentence
Graham v. Graham - dismissal, jurisdiction
Maleckar v. State - battery; Anders, cost
Utile v. State - Spencer warning, pro se

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