Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of October 7 - 11, 2019

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

In re Thompson - bankruptcy
Riechmann v. Fla DOC - habeas corpus, ineffective assistance, Brady
Taylor v. Mentor Worldwide - products, causation, punitives
Bourtzakis v. US - INA
US v. Thomason - sentencing, ACCA
US v. Van Buren - official acts, confrontation clause
Davis v. Warden - habeas corpus, due process, stay
NAACP v. City of LaGrange - FHA
US v. Bishop - search & seizure, sentencing
Tokyo Gwinnett v. Gwinnet Cnty - § 1983, standing, abstention

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Mallet v. State - supreme court jurisdiction, "federal issues"

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

FAMU v. United Faculty - appellate jurisdiction, finality
Williams v. State - competency
Khan v. Deutschman - dating violence injunction
Larrigui-Negron v. AHCA - Medicaid lien, reduction
Cuffy v. State - jail credit
Anderson v. State - competency
ELJ v. DCF - parental rights, termination
JC v. DCF - parental rights, termination

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Banks v. State - invited error, grand theft
Heid v. FIGA - sinkhole coverage, fees, costs, confession of judgment
BLS v. State - delinquency, corrected disposition
Hess v. Hess - dissolution, MSA, disclosures, fraud, prejudging issues
Hernandez v. State - contempt, sentence

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Weininger v. Weininger - alimony, equitable distribution
Soho Realty v. Alexander CA - condo, transient registration, summary judgment procedure
Nat'l Col Loan Trust v. de Leon - student loans, bankruptcy, res judicata
Ortiz v. Weiss - probate, limitations, preservation of error
LQ v. DCF - parental rights, termination

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Demus v. State - register, residence
Mullins v. State - sentencing, transcript

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Nunez v. Allen - remand, proposal for settlement
Grazette v. Magical Cruise - summary judgment, statute of limitations
UP Fieldgate v. Dick's Sporting - dismissal with prejudice, failure to state claim
Strong v. State - suppression, rental car
Williams v. Williams - dissolution, equitable distribution, fees
FL DOR v. Sinawa - child support, jurisdiction
Fields v. State - postconviction relief
Boutiette v. State - certified conflict; 776.032(4), retroactivity
Nies v. Affluent Funding - conversion, civil theft, substantial evidence
Belanger v. State - Anders appeal, scrivener's errors
Ewell v. Trainor - injunction for protection, incapacity, guardian service
Pierce v. State - sentencing
Rouse v. State - postconviction relief

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