Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of September 16-20, 2024

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

McCreight v. Auburn Bank - employment; sex, age discrimination, mixed motives
USA v. Butler - right to self-representation; drug possession evidence
Turner v. Jordan - ad valorem taxes, challenge, comity abstention
Meshal v. Ga DPS - § 1983, search and seizure, qualified immunity
McDonough v. Garcia - en banc, Free Speech, city council meeting, expulsion, arrest
Jarrard v. Polk Cnty Sheriff - Free Speech, jail ministry program, exclusion

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Fla Bar v. Norkin - bar discipline, suspension violation, jail term
Stein v. State - capital case, postconviction relief

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Beans v. Beans - alimony modification
Hutchinson v. State - sentencing
Davis v. State - competency
Thomas v. State - reopening case, defendant’s testimony
Williams v. DOC - certiorari, duplicative of appeal
Williams v. Area Housing Comm’n - appellate jurisdiction, order granting motion

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

Celebrity Actor’s Camp v. McLaughlin - service, vacating default

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Sanchez v. State - plea withdrawal
Wilson v. Est of Loftin - attorney’s fees, standing
5979 Alton Rd Land Tr v. Stav Software - attorney’s fees, offer of judgment
Am Coastal v. La Rive Gauche CA - prejudgment interest, fraud, amendment
Sukhwa v. State - pretrial photographic identification
Mora v. Universal - verdict, evidence, preservation
Zayon v. Valme - stalking injunction, evidence
Sciallo v. State - cause challenge, rehabilitation
Pacin v. Nicole - appellate jurisdiction
01 Cuda Props v. Monroe Cnty Bd - administrative hearing request, timeliness
Fernandez v. DOR - child support, evidence
Love v. DOR - paternity, insufficient record
Fabre v. 4647 Block - appellate jurisdiction, writ of possession, rent
Garcia v. Yellow Cab - certiorari, deposition of attorney
Spikes v. Cottage Cove Owner - insufficient record
Progressive v. Daza - certiorari, discovery of sales manuals
SafePoint v. Ellison - review, bond, stay of discovery

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Walker v. State – search and seizure, preservation
Seritage SRC v. Town Center Boca – specific performance, contract, ambiguity

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Porter v. State - misdemeanor DUI, investigative costs
Greene v. State - Spencer warning, pro se

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Caldwell - State - postconviction relief
Progressive v. Dunkel - UM coverage
Giegold v. Giegold - alimony
Citizens v. Borges - rule 1.440(a), action at issue
Whitfield v. State - summary disposition


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