Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of March 4 - 8, 2019

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

King v. Polk Cnty - First Amendment, retaliation
Quality Auto v. State Farm - antitrust
US v. Gibbs - search and seizure
US v. Padgett - appellate jurisdiction
US v. Gandy - sentencing
Patel v. US - immigration
Estrada v. Becker - equal protection
Schuster v. Social Security - attorney's fees

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

No decisions this week

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

MKL Ent v. Am Traditions - appraisal
Marine Max v. Blair - workers' compensation, medical charges
Simmons v. State - sentencing
Bryant v. State - search and seizure
McCrae v. State - sentencing
DBPR v. Horsemen's BPA - rule challenge, drugs, horseracing
McCray v. State - postconviction relief
Jenkins v. State - sentence
Petty v. State - criminal contempt
Jackson v. Tallahassee - Sunshine law, city commission

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Peterson v. State - search and seizure
State v. Pettis - search and seizure, standing
NRG v. MDC 6 - lack of prosecution, deficiency action
Byun v. State - double jeopardy
Carlton v. Zanazzi - rule 1.540, subject matter jurisdiction

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Jones v. State - fundamental error
Grisales v. Eber - independent contractor
Echevarria v. State - juvenile sentencing, Graham
Kennedy v. 1st Protective - appraisal
Lanson v. Reid - appellate jurisdiction, final order
Loor v. State - habeas corpus

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Grant v. State - jury instruction, fundamental error
Bellezza v. Menendez - attorney-client privilege
Schwartz v. Bank of Am - foreclosure, standing
Johnson v. State - exploitation, valuation
Stewart Agency v. Arrigo - FDUTPA, causation
Shah v. Transdermal Delivery Solutions - excusable neglect
Moreno v. State - probation, scoresheet
Laux v. Laux - attorney's fees
Welton v. Welton - dissolution, improper dissipation
Delta Aggregate v. Hermes Hialeah - lis pendens, discharge
Johnson v. State - habeas corpus
Lightsey v. Davis - paternity
Rosado v. State - postconviction relief, sanctions
Hawkins v. State - prohibition, speedy trial

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Restal v. Nocera - comparative negligence, summary judgment
Lally Orange v. Sandhu - valuation, substantial evidence
Englert v. HSBC Bank - foreclosure, attorney's fees
Mattison v. Mattison - dissolution, child support, equitable distribution
Campanhac v. Lauramore - stalking injunction, substantial evidence
Otero v. Bank of NY - Spencer bar, pro se
Monts v. State - Spencer bar, pro se
Greene v. State - prison filing, service date
Pizarro-Garcia v. State - scrivener's error
Batista-Irizarry v. State - postconviction relief
State v. Knowles - certiorari, prior acts, molestation
Pettis v. State - jail credit
Sparber v. State - sentencing

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