Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of July 24 - 28, 2023

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Bouarfa v. DHS - immigration, visa, subject matter jurisdiction
Washington v. Ala Att’y Gen - habeas corpus
Clement v. US Att’y Gen - immigration
Garcia v. Casey - qualified immunity
English v. Fowler - qualified, official immunity
Highland Consulting v. Soule - trade secrets
Sabal Trail v. Sunderman Groves - Natural Gas Act, eminent domain, panel precedent
Drazen v. Pinto - en banc, subject matter jurisdiction, standing

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

No decisions this week

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Inwood Inv v. US Bank - Applegate affirmance; foreclosure, § 702.036(1)
Bateman v. Regions Bank - post-judgment collection, discovery, appellate jurisdiction
701 Palafox v. Scuba Shack - punitive damages, amendment
DAK v. DCF - parental rights, termination, failure to prosecute appeal

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

DeLarosa v. State - probation revocation
Murphy v. State - sentencing
TTL v. FAL - child support, fees
Carter v. Blue House Painting - contract claim, summary judgment standard
Kyte v. Discover Bank - fees, prevailing party, fees as costs
Goulding v. Goulding - fees as sanction, entering proposed order verbatim

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Contreras v. State - ineffective assistance, preservation
Shoma v. Gables Inv - direct claims, Tooley test
Graveran v. State - competency determination 
Miami Lakes v. State - retirement benefits, reemployment prohibition
Gallardo v. State - probation violation, hearsay
Adweiss v. Daum - interlocutory order, appellate jurisdiction 
Bucher v. State - probation violation, oral pronouncement discrepancy
Narvaez v. State - postconviction discovery

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Nasef v. Eddy - paternity, contempt, attorney’s fees
Crouse v. Crouse - marital dissolution, alimony
KR v. DCF - parental rights, court-appointed counsel, forfeiture

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Gay v. Gay - certiorari; nonparty, financial discovery
CF v. DCF - parental rights, termination, clear and convincing evidence
DCF v. JJ - dependency, credibility determination, partiality

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Laboo v. State - restitution
Travel Ins Facs v. Lee Mem Health Sys - personal jurisdiction
Amil v. Solis - harmless error
Temple v. Melchione - appellate mandate compliance