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Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of December 27 - 31, 2021
December 31, 2021

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

US v. Sharp - waiver, ACC
Klaas v. Allstate - life insurance, concurrence
Gil v. Winn-Dixie - mootness, rehearing
Hewitt v. IRS - taxes, APA
Yates v. Pinellas Hematology & Oncology - FCA, excessive fines, dissent, concurrence
US v. McAvoy - FCA, concurrence, call for en banc review

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

No decisions this week.

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Seaside Town Council v. Seaside Comm'y Devel - standing, neighborhood associations
Berrios v. DOC - certiorari, prisoners, equal protection
Hayes v. State - habeas corpus
Jackson v. State - postconviction relief
Tejeda v. Hialeah - workers' compensation

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Naples v. Chops City Grill - premises liability, control
Drejka v. State - murder, evidence, closing argument, site view
Scott v. State - sentencing
Naples Estates v. Glasby - unpaid rent, damages, evidence
State v. Smith - sentencing
Kalke v. Kalke - trial continuance
Harris v. State - sentencing
Shamburger v. Washington - election, residency challenge

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Hernandez v. Citizens - Kozel, evidentiary hearing
Redlhammer v. ASI - insurance, appraisal
GE Real Estate v. Mandich Real Estate - broker, tortious interference, conspiracy
Enviropower v. Ritger - deficiency judgment, evidentiary hearing
Damas v. Rappleye - rule 1.440, trial date, continuance
Roberts v. State - sentencing
Dupree v. Dellmar - mandamus, county court jurisdiction

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

No decisions this week.

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Meraz v. Meraz - certiorari, county court
Pine v. State - obscene materials, minor, public danger
Bathke v. Costley - dissolution, tax consequences, interest
Schreiber v. Schreiber - dissolution, fees, substantial evidence
Williams v. State - Prison Releasee Reoffender Act, constitutionality
Vedder v. State - resentencing
Figueroa v. State - investigative cost
Ray v. State - postconviction relief
Dumas v. State - prohibition, disqualification
Batiz v. State - Spencer bar, pro se
Davis v. State - Spencer warning, pro se
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