Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of August 31 - September 4, 2026

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Williams v. Ga Regents - Title IX, discrimination, retaliation, whisteblower
Russo v. Commerce - Appointments Clause, fishery management
Filipowski v. IRS - rejection of compromise offer, summary judgment
Pine Hall v. 3M - removal, federal officer
Guthrie v. Coal Bed Servs - Title VII, discrimination, retaliation
Zafirov v. Fla Med Assocs - Appointments Clause, False Claims Act

In re Fla R Civ P - amended rules
Conahan v. State - capital case, postconviction relief

Loubier v. State - sentencing
Schmidt v. Taylor - personal jurisdiction
Peoples v. State - murder, evidence

Green v. State - evidence, link to crime, improper prosecution statements
Foster v. State - habeas corpus
Fla Ctr for Gov Account v. Ziegler - public records, Fourth Amendment
FIGA v. Synergy - settlement agreement, enforcement

Advanced Diagnostic v. Progressive - declaratory judgment standard
Baez v. Quintana - default, inadequate record
Chin v. Fla Dept Rev - inadequate record
S Aircraft v. Miami Exec Aviation - procedural due process
Wright v. JPay - show cause, prohibition of pro se
FIGA v. Simmons - attorney’s fees, settlement, “covered claims”
SCTA v. DCF - adoption, mootness, appellate jurisdiction
Summit v. MSP - venue, forum selection clause
Abukasis v. City First - “emergency” designation, prohibition of pro se
de Armas v. de Armas - quiet title, latent ambiguity
Toledano v. Alvarez - parent-child reunification
Bensimon v. Trust - untimely appeal, summary judgment, final order
Lekas v. Dexer Props - premises, open and obvious danger
Farrington v. Nicolas - certiorari, prohibition of pro se, due process
Fabbro v. Bonetto - shared parental responsibility, ambiguity
Adams v. Adams - vexatious litigant, no show cause order
FDEP v. Miami Beach - premature summary judgment, indemnification
Horne v. State - postconviction relief
Ragan v. State - habeas corpus, premature petition

Rivera v. Lopes - commenting on excluded evidence
Furno v. Vaughn - dissolution, life insurance
Paul v. State - DUI, burden-shifting
State v. Marlin - DUI, blood draw
Khteeb v. Helcim USA - joint & several liability
Bova View Condo v. Lepselter - prejudgment interest, attorney’s fees
FDLE v. Garcia - sexual offender registry, removal
MK v. Kaplan - child custody
Ramjas v. Gonzalez - dissolution, modification
Hunsicker v. KSV Caastle - default, vacate
MMM v. State - termination, parental rights
Doe v. Pencov - personal jurisdiction

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Gerber v. State - sex offender reporting, predicate offense
Grovin Farms v. Intercounty Eng’g - appellate burden, initial brief
Jackson v. State - postconviction relief

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Cruz v. State - hearsay, state-of-mind
Ceqile v. State - postconviction relief
Erskine v. State - postconviction relief
Vega v. Jaramillo - partition, marital property
Liggatt v. Liggatt - nonfinal appellate jurisdiction
Star Mfg v. Leasing Innovations - forum selection clause
Laney v. State - postconviction relief
Wyrick v. Wyrick - parenting plan

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