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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of September 8 - 12, 2025
September 12, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

 

CMYK Enters v. Advanced Print - procedure, dismissing claims to appeal, Rules 41 and 54(b)
USA v. Taylor - postconviction relief
USA v. Gaines - firearm possession, felons
Sumrall v. Ga DOC - prisoner, religious freedom, constitution, RLUIPA
Lange v. Houston Cnty Ga - en banc, insurance, sex change surgery, Title VII challenge

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee


In re Fla R Traf Ct - amended rules
In re Fla R GP & JA - amended rules
Gaffney v. Baumann - pro se sanctions

First Dstrict Court of Appeal - Tallahassee


McDaniels v. State - firearms, open carry, Second Amendment
Robinson v. State - postconviction relief
Rodriguez-Barnes v. State - murder, abnormal mental condition instruction
Montgomery v. Wendelta - employment discrimination, time bar

Second Distric Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg


Mid-America Apart v. Tracz - arbitration

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami


Comer v. State - habeas, confinement in adult jail
Ferguson v. Trinidad - RICO, extraterritoriality, domestic injury, concurrence
Tung v. Trinidad - summary judgment, preservation
Maradona v. Villafañe - settlement, indirect criminal contempt, sanctions
Sanchez v. State - intoxilyzer, lay witness
Alan v. West - modification, parental responsibility, child support, due process
Thompson v. Gonzalez - summary judgment, FDUTPA, permanent injunction
Universal v. Sunset 102 - attorney’s fees, preservation
Gonzalez v. State - sentence, vindictiveness
Izquierdo v. Izquierdo - totten trusts, termination
Miami-Dade Cnty v. Malpica - mistrial, courtroom conduct of family
Thompson v. Vilches - domestic violence, permanent injunction
Corona v. Silva - guardianship, intervention
Wagoner v. State - postconviction relief
Golubtsova v. Budaev - lis pendens, money damages
Sturon v. Nursery - certiorari, deposition of counsel
Thomas v. State - habeas, ineffective assistance
Gerome v. State - postconviction relief
Arroyo v. State - postconviction relief
Fail v. State - postconviction relief
Kelly v. Miami-Dade Corrs & Rehabs Dep’t - second-tier certiorari, suspension
Culpepper v. State - postconviction relief

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach


Black v. CNN - defamation-by-implication, summary judgment
Lazo v. State - postconviction relief
DCF v KR - paternity, due process to DCF

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

 

Coleman v. Via Entertainment - summary judgment, proximate cause
Sec First Ins v. Echavarria - insurance, breach of contract, tear out costs
Melton v. Melton - dissolution, imputed income, temporary spousal and child support
Rosa v. Heredia - domestic violence injunction, sufficient evidence

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Doe v. Figel - tolling time, notice of appeal
Winter Park Hosp v. On Target Staffing - default judgment, excusable neglect
MN-P v. DCF - dependency, intervention

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