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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of January 27 - 31, 2025
January 31, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Guevara v. Lafise - FLSA
Turner v. US Att’y Gen - immigration, derivative citizenship
USA v. Webster - statute of limitations, tolling by filing information
Insurance Marketing v. FCC - TCPA, robocalls, robotexts
Isaac Indus v. Bariven - personal jurisdiction, foreign sovereign immunity

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee


Caylor v. State - capital case, direct appeal

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee


Swift v. Routt - certiorari, scope
REP v. DMS - administrative review, exhausting remedies
Ivey v. State - pro se sanctions
Canfield v. DFS - administrative review, license suspension
Castagnos v. DFS - administrative review, license suspension
Johnson v. Maddox - pro se sanctions

Second Distric Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg


JM v. State - delinquency, aggravated assault
Mishiyev v. Davis - defamation, Anti-SLAPP, single action rule
Manyak v. State - sentencing
Burgess v. Burgess - children, temporary relocation

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami


940 Ocean Drive v. Sobe USA - eviction, fraud on court, punitive damages
Koehler v. State - improper comments, preservation
Reeves v. Gross - will, testamentary capacity
Contragolpe v. 505 NE 30 St - purchase agreement, cancellation, ambiguity
Jager v. Jager - domestic violence, injunction, evidence
Universal v. Armand - affirmative defenses, leave to amend
Calixte v. State - mental condition, expert testimony
Molina v. State - probable cause, contraband
Cuadros v. Valdes - bigamous marriage
Un Monde Nouveau v. Young Men's Christian Ass’n - dismissal with prejudice
Harris v. State - convicted felon status, evidence
Sang v. Brilliance Jewels - failure to prosecute, dismissal with prejudice
Icon v. State - jail credit, correction
Cupid v. Lyons-White - appellate jurisdiction, unauthorized motion
Jones v. State  - youthful offender statute, applicability

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach


No decisions this week

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Parker v. State - Anders appeal, scrivener’s error
Love v. State - Anders appeal, corrected order
Granison v. State - Anders appeal, costs
Denson v. State - sentence, prison releasee reoffender

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland


Skinner v. State - summary disposition

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