Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of October 12 - 16, 2026

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

NetChoice v. Ga Att’y Gen - social media minors restriction, First Amendment, injunction
CCIA v. Fla Att’y Gen - social media minors restriction, First Amendment, injunction, abstention
USA v. Johnson - sentencing
Bolton v. Inland Fresh Seafood - en banc, ERISA, administrative exhaustion
USA v. Louis - search and seizure, sentencing

Fla Bar v. Studstill - attorney discipline
Jones v. State - capital case, postconviction relief
In re Fla R Civ P - amended rule, pretrial procedure
In re Fla Prob R - amended rule, forms
In re Fla Prob R - amended rule, form

George v. State - appointing appellate counsel, postconviction relief
Sullivan v. State - discovery violation
Walker v. State - trespass, evidence, jury trial waiver
Jenkins v. State - pro se sanctions

Pang v. Northwood Pasco HA - appellate jurisdiction

JP v. State - seizure, show of authority
Vaughn v. State - resentencing
Acosta v. Martinez-Borges - dismissal, fugitive disentitlement doctrine
Scott v. State - probation revocation, PRR sentence, certified conflict
Pilac v. Parque Towers - deposit, res judicata, inequity
State v. Morris - rehearing, certiorari, death penalty waiver
Marshall v. State - habeas, manifest injustice, 911 call
Woods v. State - confession of error, postconviction relief
Bank of Am v. Lakes Kingdom - supplementary proceedings, notice
DCF v. BH - parental rights, termination, dependency
DCF v. AM - parental rights, termination, dependency
DCF v. NB - parental rights, termination, dependency
Outfront Media v. City of Mia - dismissal, standing, concurrence
Equip Sales v. Pro Max - appellate jurisdiction, eviction
Ruwe v. Itria Ventures - FUFTA, reasonably equivalent value
Ovadiah v. Lobo - dismissal, standing, default 
S Fla Donor Network v. Daley - certiorari, organ donation, mootness
Gallardo v. State - postconviction relief

GSD Contracting v. All Am Builders - contract, damages
Gray v. State - six-person jury
Krassan v. Reich Fam Ltd - forum selection clause
Shannon v. State - jail credit
Green v. State - unlicensed practice of law

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Ali v. Shoukat - dissolution, distribution, alimony, attorney’s fees
State v. Gunter - driver’s license, sexual predator designation, compelled speech
Burdine v. State - Anders appeal, cost of investigation
Ardila v. State - Anders appeal, clerical error

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Gainvors v. State - unauthorized pro se filing
Johnson v. State - Faretta hearing
Thompson v. State - Apprendi, postconviction relief
Reed v. Citizens - confession of judgment
Dacosta v. State - restitution
Cruz v. State - Apprendi, postconviction relief
Brennan v. State - traffic stop
Williamson v. State - Apprendi, postconviction relief
Streeter v. State - Apprendi, postconviction relief
Carwise v. State - Apprendi, postconviction relief

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