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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of December 1 - 5, 2025
December 05, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Ismael v. Roundtree - § 1981, retaliatory discharge, McDonnell Douglas
Villarino v. Pacesetter Personnel - class action, employment, FLSA, employee charges
Fla Preborn Rescue v. Clearwater - abortion, buffer zone, First Amendment
Buckner v. USA - postconviction relief
Marmol v. Kalonymus Devel - breach of contract, real estate, specific performance, mootness
USA v. Perez - sentencing
USA v. Beasley - health care fraud, evidence, newly discovered evidence, Fifth Amendment
HM Fla-Orl v. Fla DBPR - en banc order vacating this panel opinion, adult live performances, obscenity
In re Ga Sen Bill 202 - Ga elections law, gifts, First Amendment challenge
Wingo v. Harris - prisoner, medical condition, deliberate indifference
USA v. Thomas - search and seizure

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee


Sparre v. State - capital case, postconviction relief

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee


Dunlap v. Needle Rush - premises liability, summary judgment
Lantz v. Gibson - real property, partition
Heule v. Humphrey - stalking injunctions
Frazier v. State - Anders, confidential informants
State v. Milton - search and seizure
McQuay v. State - double jeopardy

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg


Frisco v. State Farm - insurance, bad faith, waiver
Estate of Pendleton v. Renew MG Tenant - punitive damages amendment
Morgan v. State - Faretta hearing, Nelson hearing, invited error
Voss v. Voss - county court jurisdiction, ejectment

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami


Milanes v. Hannon - certiorari, runoff ballot, eligibility
Pike v. Brighthouse - foreclosure, standing 
Trident v. Sonny & Ricardo - default, unliquidated damages
Dama v. Guelmes - premises, liability duty, juror misconduct
Kowalski v. Binance - personal jurisdiction, bitcoin, amendment of complaint
Rosich-Medina v. Chilaud - certiorari, paternity test
Ascano v. State - probation violation
Valdes v. State - life imprisonment, constitutionality
Fox One v. City of Miami - dismissal, surplus, permitting and building fees
Pike v. Brighthouse - insufficient record
Braun v. Sager - will, validity
Sims v. State - free transcripts, postconviction relief
Macauley v. State - prior testimony, admissibility
Blakeslee v. Madrigal - relocation of children
Butler v. State - habeas, manifest injustice
Ramirez v. Haul Junkies - insufficient record
Cabrera v. Bloom - title defect, remedies
Dunn v. Flores - stay, return of children
Colmenares v. Castillo - default, service
Schmelzer v. Frankel - attorney’s fees, proposal for settlement
Jean v. Bayview Asset - unauthorized motion, appellate jurisdiction
Fernandez v. Wilmington - reestablishment of lost note, standing

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach


Bensusan v. Design Engineering - contract, guaranty
Doe v. Finklelman - defamation, conspiracy, dismissal
Pope v. State - restitution
McClan v. State - uncharged crime, wrong statute
Mathis v. State - probation revocation

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Warren v. State - Anders appeal, scrivener’s errors
Dixon v. Green - attorney disqualification, conflict; Bar referral
Baldwin v. Beam - charging lien, attorney; calculation
Taylor v. Mazariego - personal jurisdiction, waiver, consent
Lamb v. State - Anders appeal, oral pronouncement, written sentence

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Sayed v. State - downward departure sentence
Culbertson v. State - sentencing, imposition of costs
Johnson v. Wolter - trustee, attorneys’ fees
Lontin v. McCain - insufficient record, preservation
Davis v. State - sentencing, prison releasee reoffender
Jonathan v. State - summary disposition

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