Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of July 16 - 20, 2018

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Collar v. Abalux – FLSA
Presley v. US – IRS summons
Bostock v. Clayton Cnty Bd of Commrs – en banc 
Hylor v. US – ACCA, sentencing 
Sikes v. US Dept of Navy – FOIA
Center v. DHS – Rehab Act, FECA

Florida Supreme Court – Tallahassee

Fla Bar v. Marcellus - attorney discipline
Blanco v. State - capital case, postconviction relief
Rose v. State - capital case, postconviction relief
Phillips v. State - capital case, postconviction relief
Peede v. State - capital case, postconviction relief 
In re Fla R Crim P - amended rules
In re R Reg Fla Bar - amended rules
In re Fla R Juv P - amended rules

First District Court of Appeal – Tallahassee

Mitchell v. Brogden - stalking injunction

Second District Court of Appeal – Lakeland

Catalano v. State - Stand Your Ground; certified conflict
Sachse Constr v. Aff’d Drywall - arbitration, interstate commerce
Shah v. Regions Bank - rule 1.540, voidness, jurisdiction
Fountain v. State - probation revocation

Third District Court of Appeal – Miami

Sadlak v. Nationstar Mort - service of process
Bensoussan v. Banon5 - foreclosure sale, personal property, conversion
Manzaro v. HCA - medical malpractice, presuit notice

Fourth District Court of Appeal – West Palm Beach

Thomany v. State—voir dire, time
Gordon v. Gatlin Commons POA—sanction, dismissal
Morris v. MGZ Props—contract, ambiguity
Tibbetts v. State—plea, evidentiary hearing
Elkins v. Elkins—certiorari, financial info

Fifth District Court of Appeal – Daytona Beach

Wall v. State – murder, juvenile sentencing
Robinson v. State – murder, restitution
Goersch v. City of Satellite Beach – certified conflict; 57.105, service
Deutsche Bank v. Forester – foreclosure, res judicata, statute of limitations
US Bank v. Wilson – foreclosure, statute of limitations
Hernandez v. State – community control, revocation
Harris v. State – probation revocation, scrivener’s error
State v. Upshaw – suppression, inevitable discovery
PF-G v. Dept of Ed – administrative petition, dismissal
Devane v. State – jail credit
Alvarez v. State – postconviction relief

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