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Liggett Group (2003) (Gersten, J.) Text of the Court of Appeal decision Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine: This ruling was overturned in 2006 by the Florida Supreme Court which ordered decertification of a class action lawsuit against big tobacco companies that effectively reversed the largest punitive damage jury award, $145 billion ...
The Fourth DCA was created in 1965; the Fifth DCA was created in 1979; and Sixth District Courts of Appeal was created in 2023. [ 2 ] The existence of the DCAs was provided for in the Florida Constitution , which now requires the legislature to divide the state into appellate court districts, providing each with a DCA.
The Florida Supreme Court building. The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida.The Supreme Court consists of seven judges: the Chief Justice and six Justices who are appointed by the Governor to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each term. [2]
The Florida First District Court of Appeal, also known as the First DCA, is headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, the state capital.It is unique among the six Florida District Courts of Appeal in that, much like the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at the federal level, it handles most of the appeals in state administrative law matters.
The court issued one sentence as the 11 a.m. deadline for its regular weekly opinion release came and passed: "There are no Florida Supreme Court opinions ready for release today, March 28, 2024."
The Southern Reporter, the Southern Reporter Second, and the Southern Reporter Third are United States regional case law reporters.It is part of the National Reporter System created by John B. West for the West Publishing Company.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is one of three federal judicial districts in Florida. [10] The District has five divisions: Fort Pierce Division comprises the following counties: Highlands, Okeechobee, Indian River, St. Lucie, and Martin. [11] West Palm Beach Division comprises Palm Beach County. [11]
Brendan Depa, the severely autistic Florida teen whose assault on teacher’s aide Joan Naydich went viral last year, was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in state prison followed by 15 years of ...