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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of May 26 - 30, 2025
May 30, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Hamilton v. US Att’y Gen - immigration

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee


In re R Reg Fla Bar - amended rules

First Dstrict Court of Appeal - Tallahassee


Bonifay v. State - sentencing

Second Distric Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg


Redmond v. State - sentencing
Urbanski v. Gray - repeat violence injunction

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami


Burgos v. State - jury instruction, harmless error
Recio v. State - postconviction relief
Mitchell v. Faillace - deference to evidentiary ruling
Ortiz v. Nexbank - foreclosure sale, inadequate price
Meruelo v. Meruelo - collateral estoppel
InClaim v. Structural Wrap - default judgment, due diligence
Veizaga v. Labrador - construction of operating agreement
Lucas v. State - mootness, mandamus petition
Progressive v. Oney - insurance bad faith, reasonable settlement
Vista Fin Grp v. Bank of New York - statute of limitations, denial of leave to amend
Jimenez-Solano v. State - sentencing
Vazquez-Gomez v. State - postconviction relief
Alvarez v. State - sentencing

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach


Gallery One v. Terrace Gallery - condo declaration, statute of repose
Locanto v. Locanto - alimony
Veyberman v. State - waiver, jury instruction
Rebalko v. Atallah - personal jurisdiction, due diligence
Ramos v. State - post conviction relief
Alexander v. Trump - stay, petition, presidency

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Gabor v. Remington Lodging - negligence, directed verdict, vicarious liability
Williams v. State - postconviction relief, sentence, jail credit
Brown v. State - postconviction relief, Habitual Felony Offender

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

McKinney v. Graham - bifurcation, mandate, sanctions
State v. Simpson - suppression, probable cause, smell
HP v. State - involuntary commitment
Douglas v. Sidney - summary disposition

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