Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of October 14 - 18, 2019
October 19, 2019
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
US v. Pearson - sentencingSmith v. Haynes & Haynes - FLSA
McWilliams v. Ala DOC - habeas corpus
Bailey v. Swindell - search & seizure, qualified immunity
Steiner v. US - habeas corpus, ineffective assistance
Carter v. Allen - en banc
Cvoro v. Carnival Corp - foreign arbitration
Jefferson v. GDCP Warden - habeas corpus, AEDPA
Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee
No decisions this weekFirst District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee
Simmons v. State - sentencingSmith v. State - double jeopardy
Worrell v. State - postconviction relief
Blanco v. Creative Mgmt - workers' compensation, expert qualifications
Gordon v. State - postconviction relief
Sanchez v. State - habeas corpus
Hamilton v. State - habeas corpus
Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland
Davis v. Sheridan Healthcare - FCCPA, workers' compensation, certified questionGannon v. Cuckler - personal jurisdiction, waiver, certified conflict
State v. Miller - search and seizure
US Bank v. Sturm - foreclosure, paragraph 22
Carpenter's Home Estates v. Sanders - certiorari, punitive damages
Heare v. State - postconviction relief
Marshall v. State - sentencing, enforcing mandate, intervening decision
Heid v. FIGA - opinion withdrawn (this one)
Santiago v. Rodriguez - medical malpractice, equal protection, certified question
Third District Court of Appeal - Miami
Araujo v. Winn-Dixie - trial, letter of protection reference, spoliation instructions, fees for denying RFAOP-G v. State - disrupting school, First Amendment; Richardson
Vella v. Salaues - amending pleadings; summary judgment, additional discovery
Eskenazi v. Eskenazi - personal jurisdiction, marital dissolution
Miami v. Kho - Google maps photo, authentication
Molina v. State - closing argument, bolstering by counsel
Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach
Geliga v. State - sentencingHurchalla v. Homeowners Choice - summary judgment; affirmative defenses
Rodriguez v. State - competency hearing
Cabrera v. US Bank - class certification, counterclaim, denial, findings
Mahinbakht v. Mahinbakht - forum non conveniens
Hallandale Beach v. Sharkey - order, oral comments, contradiction
Kovacs v. State - postconviction relief
Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach
Maisonet v. State - certified question, postconviction reliefRomaine v. Romaine - dissolution, settlement agreement, counteroffer
Ortiz v. State - postconviction relief
Henderson v. State - Spencer warning
McDuffie v. State - Spencer warning
Everett v. State - postconviction relief
Quick v. State - prohibition, bias
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