Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of August 4 - 8, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Mullin v. Sec’y Vet Affairs - disability discrimination, unlawful disclosure
USA v. Tovar - child sex trafficking, evidence, closing argument
Caterpillar v. Venequip - breach of contract
USA v. Gyetvay - tolling application, failure to file tax return, warrant particularity, indictment amendment
Lopez-Martinez v. US Att’y Gen - immigration
McGuire-Mollica v. Griffin - exhaustion of remedies, prisoner
Watson v. Bradsher - bankruptcy, nondischargeable debt

No decisions this week

Shands v. Chavez - administrative review, intervenor, jurisdiction
Ninja Academy v. FDACS - appellate jurisdiction, administrative review
State v. Powell - search and seizure
Williams v. State - search and seizure
Bailey v. DeSantis - quo warranto, Full Faith and Credit Clause
Medley v. State - probation revocation
Erb v. State - jury trial right
Newkirk v. State - postconviction relief
White v. State - postconviction relief
Mosley v. State - postconviction relief
 

Kapila v. CTS Equities - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act
Engelin v. Portfolio Recovery - attorney’s fees, contract, choice of law
Woods v. State - habeas corpus, postconviction relief

State v. Lazaro - suppression of evidence
Morales v. Citizens - late notice, summary judgment evidence
Ramon v. Chaucer  - punitive damages, amendment, independent tort doctrine
Kerzner v. Welch - injunction, evidence
Ruiz v. Salazar - forum selection
Amatulah v. Palmier - disqualification of judge, vexatiousness of litigant
Nunez v. Abin - judgment, property rights, evidence
Pinilla v. La Wagyeria - default
Pounds v. State - postconviction relief
Pagan v. Dixon - habeas, barred claims
Richardson v. State  - postconviction relief
Sheppard v. State  - life sentence, constitutionality
Carus v. Cove  - prohibition, subject matter jurisdiction

Diamond v. US Bank - proposal for settlement, choice of law
Green v. Mann - sanctions, default
Aydulun v. Cardona - opportunity to amend
Morsi v. Wellington Reg’l - dispute resolution

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Smith v. State - self-defense, forcible felony exception
Blanton v. Arbor Facility - negligence, nursing home, dismissal

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Scott v. State - postconviction relief
Gray v. Fifth Third Bank Nat'l Ass'n - defective service of process
State v. Higgins - right to prosecute, pretrial diversion
Freeman v. State - suppression of evidence, preservation
Taveras v. US Bank Nat'l Ass'n - standing to appeal
Gonzalez v. Gonzalez - summary disposition

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