Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of June 14 - 18, 2021

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Chua v. Ekonomou - receivers, judicial immunity
US v Anderson - jury instructions, right not to testify
Thamator v. US Atty Gen - asylum, removal
US v. Nunez - jurisdiction over vessel

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

In re R Reg Fla Bar - IOTA program
In re Marijuana - citizens' initiative review
Haliburton v. State - capital case, postconviction relief
In re Fam L Forms - amended forms

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Grace v. State - juvenile sentencing
Copeland v. State - jail credit
Davis v. State - prohibition, Covid-19
Drake v. State - habeas corpus
Winters v. Harper - insurance reference, trial
RC v. DACS - firearms license
St Lucie Schools v. Alexander - workers' compensation
Muchhala v. DHSMV - driver's license, suspension
Perera v. Kennedy - appellate jurisdiction

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Waite v. Chapman - stalking injunction, mootness
Idelson v. Carmer - timesharing, modification
Burney v. State - postconviction relief
Wells Fargo v. Dias - foreclosure
Sarasota v. Venice Reg Med Ctr - prohibition, sovereign immunity, indigent medical care
Scherer v. Andriotis - contingency fee, charging lien, standing, apportionment
Signal Outdoor v. Metro Sys - injunction, scope
Lefcourt v. Kilpatrick - mootness

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Haddad v. Medina - child support
DiGiacomo v. Mosquera - amend pleading, alimony
Jain v. Buchanan - summary judgment, amend complaint
Lago v. Amerant - summary judgment, subject matter jurisdiction
Rousseau v. Miami-Dade - exhaustion, collective bargaining agmnt
United Auto v. CCSF - PIP coverage, equitable estoppel
Drexel Ave v. Dalton - eviction, injunction, sanctions, jurisdiction
RLG v. State - indirect criminal contempt, hearsay, GPS information
RH v. DCF - prohibition, termination of parental rights
Lawrence v. Gibraltor - appellate jurisdiction, attorney's fees, sanctions

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Laurel Point Care v. Desantis - arbitration, separate document
Securitas Security Servs v. Williams - certiorari, financial discovery
Calderone v. Curtis Stokes & Assocs - attorney's fees

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Bowers v. Tillman - auto injury, new trial
Cemoni v. Ratner - fees, bad faith conduct, attorney
Wilson v. Houston - amendment, setoff defense
MTW Jordan v. Baskerville - voluntary dismissal, jurisdiction
Lykkebak v. Lykkebak - dissolution, contempt
State v. Koontz - suppression, warrantless vehicle search
Brack v. Brack - dissolution, scrivener's error
Perry v. State - aggravated assault, cost
Bowhey v. State - Spencer bar, pro se
Johnson v. State - Spencer warning, pro se
Rivera v. State - ineffective assistance, appellate
Rivera-Torres v. Fernandez - prohibition, disqualification

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