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Florida Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Gun Law
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In a case stemming from the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejec [...]
Florida Fight Over Federal Immigration Policies Awaits Ruling
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody
A four-day trial in Florida’s challenge to federal immigration policies ended last week in Pensacola, settin [...]
Arguments Slated In Tampa’s Cambridge Christian School Pre-Game Prayer Case
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TAMPA, Fla. - A federal appeals court will hear arguments in May in a long-running dispute ab [...]
Appeals Court Turns To Florida Supreme Court For Help In Defining “Riot”
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A federal appeals court Tuesday turned to the Florida Supreme Court for help as it considers the constitutionality of a 2021 stat [...]
Florida Judge Reopens Fight On Transgender Athlete Law
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After an appeals court upheld a school-board policy that prevented a transgender male student from using boys’ bathrooms, a federal [...]
Convictions Upheld For Florida Healthcare Executive Who Had Sentence Commuted By Trump
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A federal appeals court Friday upheld the convictions of a South Florida healthcare executive on charges of fraud, illegal kickback [...]
Former Pulte Group Executive Sued By Pulte Family Over Harassment Campaign
Special To The Free Press: By Jacob Engels of Central Florida Post Pictured: Former COO Brandon Jones left, PulteGroup Founder William Pulte and his [...]
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Backed In Florida Punitive Damages Fight
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a jury decision that would have required R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to pay $16 millio [...]
Florida Court Overturns Ruling In 13-Year-Old Student Suicide
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An appeals court Wednesday sided with a Broward County private school in a wrongful-death lawsuit stemm [...]
Court Rejects Request For Smith & Wesson Lawsuit From Parkland Parents
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A state appeals court Wednesday dealt a setback to the parents of a victim of the Parkland school shooting who have weighed filing [...]