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Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of August 24 - 28, 2020
August 29, 2020

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Hill v. Mueller Group - employment, ERISA
Foster Logging v. USA - FTCA, sovereign immunity, discretionary function
USA v. Jimenez - criminal, sufficiency
Cisneros v. Petland - RICO, failure to state a claim
Whaley v. Guillen - bankruptcy, Chapter 13 plan modification
Thomas v. Albany Healthcare - appellate jurisdiction to review remand
WM Mobile Bay v. Mobile Solid Waste - property, certifying Qs to AL Sup Ct
USA v. Gonzalez - criminal, constitutionality of MDLEA
USA v. Pineda - criminal, constitutionality of MDLEA
USA v. Mastin - search and seizure, right to confront accusers
USA v. Davila-Mendoza - criminal, constitutionality of MDLEA
Rendon v. US Atty Gen - vacating this decision, removal
Laskar v. Hurd - malicious prosecution, favorable termination

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Davis v. State - capital case, postconviction relief
Brown v. Inch - capital case, postconviction relief
James v. Fox - pro se sanctions
Thompson v. DeSantis - quo warranto, mandamus, judicial appointment, qualifications

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Colley v. State - probation violation
Bland v. State - habeas corpus
Brady v. State - mootness
Prunty v. State - postconviction relief
Crystal v. State - postconviction relief
Jones v. State - sentencing
Steiger v. State - ineffective assistance; evidence, autopsy photos
Owens v. State - probation revocation
DCF v. AS - parental rights, termination

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Gonzalez v. Reyes - marital dissolution, attorney's fees
Webb v. Webb - settlement agreement, judgment, limitations period
Warianek v. State - sentencing
DeJesus v. State - postconviction relief
Petre v. Wilmington Sav - certiorari, default

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Gonzalez v. State - evidence, possession, sentencing
Shivdasani v. Univ Prop & Cas - insurance, proof of loss, compliance
Bello v. Geovera Spec Ins - continuance, summary judgment
Smith v. State - sentencing
Goeseke v. Arch Spec Ins - appellate jurisdiction
Valliappan v. DOR - administrative review, evidence
Pawley v. Marie - injunction, modification, fraud on court
3499 Saraev Prop v. US Bank - foreclosure, breach
Frank v. Frank - marital dissolution, FEFJA, Full Faith & Credit
Cherisme v. State - mistrial, prejudicial comment

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Root v. Feinstein - sanctions, findings
P&G Trucking of Brandon v. Riverland Hedging & Topping - business interruption damages
Reyna v. State - collateral crime evidence
Gilison v. Flagler Bank - aiding and abetting, civil conspiracy
Varchetti v. Varchetti - forum non conveniens, UCCJEA

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Santiago v. State - postconviction relief, juvenile sentence
Garcia v. State - certified conflict, certified questions; certiorari, self-incrimination, passcode
Rossman v. Wallick - summary judgment, workers' comp immunity, gross negligence
Singleton v. State - murder; probation violation, affidavit
McVicker v. McVicker - dissolution, imputed income
Dennis v. State - Anders appeal, costs
Mangini v. State - probation revocation, hearsay
State v. Teague - new trial, concession of error
Frett v. Frett- dissolution, marital assets
Niemi v. State - ineffective assistance, appellate
JFT v. State - juvenile, expungement
Julian v. State - postconviction relief
Hager v. State - certified conflict, certified questions; certiorari, self-incrimination, passcode
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