Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of August 30 - September 3, 2021

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

US v. Korf - search warrant, privilege
Varner v. Shepard - excessive force, dissent
US v. Braddy - search
Food Not Bomb v. Ft Lauderdale - First Amendment
NLG v. Horizon Hospitality Grp - bankruptcy
Underwood v. Bessemer - qualified immunity, Monell liability
Dean v. Warren - 1983, class-based animus, concurrence
Pye v. Warden, Ga Diagnostic Prison - rehearing en banc
Vinson v. Koch Foods - Batson, trial rulings

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Furst v. DeFrances - property taxes, back assessments
Allen v. State - sentencing
In re Fla R GP&JA - amended rule, judicial pay
In re Fla R App P - amended rule, tolling motions

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Wallace v. State - denigrating defense, double jeopardy
Robinson v. State - habeas corpus
AP v. DCF - parental rights, termination
Carsten v. State - belated appeal
Levine v. State - sentencing
Washington v. State - juvenile resentencing
Owens v. State - postconviction relief
Golden v. FCOR - summary affirmance
Miles v. State - hearsay, victim's age
Westcott v. State - Stand Your Ground

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

AA v. DW - paternity, inconsistent judgment
Burke v. Kurke - alimony
Sweeney v. Washington - settlement proposal
Soto v. Carrollwood Village - § 57.105 sanctions
Friend v. State - postconviction relief
Young v. State - probation revocation
Nunez v. State - postconviction relief

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Giller v. Grossman - estate, trust
Martinez-Olson v. Olson - marital settlement, death benefit, waiver
United v. Stand-Up MRI - summary judgment, waiver
GFA Int'l v. Trillas - temporary injunction, covenant not to compete
Casner v. Fury Mgmt - prohibition, disqualify trial judge
Temnikova v. Eastern Fin - foreclosure, interest

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Williams-Paris v. Joseph - prenuptial agreement, choice of law
Alahad v. State - eyewitness identification, "show-up"
State v. Piering - nolle prosequi; improper purpose
Mortgage Assets Mgmt v. Kaplan - equitable lien, superiority
Lorber v. Passick - home sale, inducement, misrepresentation
Graham v. Virgil - forum non conveniens
MP v. DCF - parental rights

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Curvey v. Avante Group - temporary injunction; speech, prior restraint
Moore v. Moore - marital settlement agreement
Chiu v. Adams - permanent injunction, stalking
Barton v. State- certiorari, competency, irreparable harm
Poole v. State - Anders appeal, costs
Woods v. State - Spencer bar, pro se
Brown v. State - Spencer bar, pro se

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