Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of August 18 - 22, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Smith v. Odom - False Claims Act, standard, public disclosure
Fla Ag Comm’r v. US Att’y Gen - Second Amendment, firearms, medical marijuana
Burt v. Univ of Fla - appellate jurisdiction, dismissal with leave to amend, no amendment
Johnson v. Congress - veterans benefits, constitutional challenge, sovereign immunity
Global Marine v. France - Sunken Military Craft Act, 1565 sinking
USA v. Touray - drug trafficking, anonymous jury, conspiracy instruction, sentencing

Windom v. State - capital case, postconviction relief

Palacios v. AHCA - personal injury settlement, Medicaid, administrative apportionment
Siena v. Orange Cnty Fire - workers’ compensation
MLK v. State - indirect criminal contempt
Davis v. Big Bend Hospice - employment discrimination, limitations, accrual
Browning v. DOC - indigency affidavit

Kirkpatrick Price v. Clone Systems - preservation of error
Brown Leblanc-Simard v. Thomas - real property, dock, riparian rights
Godwin v. Michelini - certiorari, defamation, anti-SLAPP statute

Colls v. Citizens - attorney’s fees, preservation
Alfonso v. Hierrezuelo - injunction, domestic violence, due process
Haedo v. Signature Flight - jury trial, waiver
E Coast Recovery v. Holmes - default, service of process
Perez v. Uni of Mia - failure to exhaust administrative remedies
Arano v. Vive - insufficient record
Wellons v. Broward Water - summary judgment, untimely response
Reed v. State - postconviction relief
Ware v. State - postconviction relief
Williams v. State - habeas, barred claims
Kuznitz v. Homeowners Choice - settlement, appellate jurisdiction

Sacco-Martin v. Romano - guardianship, funds
Fla Custom Guns v. Dania - regulations, firearms
Shah v. Patel - fraud, damages
State v. Thomas - speedy trial
Bui v. Panzardi - child support, findings
Graham v. State - sentencing

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Greene v. State - Anders appeal, sentence
Rodrigues v. Anderson - new trial, improper statements
State v. Pastor - suppression, statements, right to counsel
Bennett v. State - Anders appeal, scrivener’s error

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Sierra Orlando Props v. Allen - landowner duty to visitors
State v. Velazquezacevedo - retroactivity of statute
State v. Wilson - retroactivity of statute
State v. McIntosh - retroactivity of statute
State v. Jones - retroactivity of statute
State v. Morgan - retroactivity of statute
Gonzalez v. State - notarization of search warrant affidavit
Algor v. JPMorgan Chase Bank - summary disposition
Gardner v. Orlando Health Corporate - summary disposition
Bullock v. Baquero - summary disposition
Hannah v. Malkani - preservation, new argument on rehearing

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