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The last DCA expansion was the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal in 1979. [1] Blaise Trettis, a public defender in Brevard County, served on the Assessment Committee. When the committee looked at yearly case filings, they found that there was “a precipitous decline” [ 2 ] in the number of appeals over the years.
The Sixth District Court of Appeal will be composed of cases from the following counties and circuit courts: Orange and Osceola (Ninth Circuit from 5th DCA); Hardee, Highlands and Polk (Tenth Circuit from 3rd DCA); and Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee (Twentieth Circuit from 2nd DCA).
The new, Lakeland-based appellate court is looking for 3 to 5 acres, preferably downtown, to build its permanent home. Judge from Sixth District Court of Appeal asks Lakeland about land for new ...
The state Legislature created the new 6th District Court of Appeal in June. Based in Polk County, it will include nine judges who will hear appeals from the trial courts in 10 counties in Central ...
That is, one of the parties in the case could appeal a decision of a court of appeals to the Supreme Court, and it had to accept the case. The right of automatic appeal for most types of decisions of a court of appeals was ended by an Act of Congress, the Judiciary Act of 1925, which also reorganized many other things in the federal court system.
In an opinion filed Wednesday, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a jury award of $35,000, as well as $546,000 in attorney's fees awarded by the federal judge who oversaw the trial.
Kevin Gafford Ritz (born October 15, 1974) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit since 2024. He previously served as the United States attorney for the Western District of Tennessee September 2022 to September 2024.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a lower court judge had discretion to let drivers sue in groups over Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC vehicles equipped with 8L45 or 8L90 eight-speed ...