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After issuing a temporary injunction last week against a congressional redistricting plan pushed through the Legislature by Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Leon County circuit judge Monday ordered that the ruling remain in effect while the state pursues an appeal. The state on Friday appealed Judge…
Read More Judge Lifts Stay On Florida Redistricting Ruling
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The site developers of Tampa’s International Mall and various other commercial, residential, and roadway projects has been sued by site seers of an unfinished project in Riverview. On April 28, three men – Robert Mears and Benjamin Mears of Manatee County…
Read More $5,000 Bounty For Capture Of Alleged Felony Trespassers Leads To Defamation Lawsuit
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – On May 10, Linda D. Watson filed suit in the Pinellas County court system against a Burger King located in Darien, Georgia. For her alleged consumption of adhesive tape buried in a burger, she is seeking over $30,000 in compensation. It…
Read More Whopper Lawsuit Filed Against Burger King
As a battle continues about the constitutionality of a Florida law that seeks to crack down on social-media giants such as Facebook and Twitter, a federal appeals court has allowed a similar Texas law to take effect. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration quickly cited the move…
Read More Ruling Eyed In Florida ‘Big Tech’ Fight
Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republicans took aim at vaccine passports as they pushed to end COVID-19 restrictions. But Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings had other ideas. After the pandemic had sidelined the cruise-ship industry, the Miami-based company wanted to require passengers to show documentation they…
Read More Florida Court To Hear Arguments In Cruise Line Vaccine Passport Appeal
A federal judge has booted a lawsuit filed against Gov. Ron DeSantis over the pending dissolution of Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. This home-rule administrative entity allows the entertainment giant to govern itself. U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga dismissed the case because DeSantis’ critics…
Read More Judge Boots Case Against Florida Gov. DeSantis Over Disney’s Self-Government District
A state appeals court Wednesday upheld a life sentence for a man who was 15-years-old when he was charged in the 1983 killing of a Bay County food-store cashier. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal rejected a series of arguments raised…
Read More Life Sentence Upheld For Juvenile In 1983 Florida Murder
On Wednesday, a three-judge panel for the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a California prohibition on sales of semiautomatic rifles to young adults in the 18-20-year-old range, remanding the case back to the district court for further proceedings in a win for…
Read More Ninth Circuit Panel Strikes Semi-Auto Rifle Ban For Young Adults In SAF Case
Finding a congressional redistricting map pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis likely unconstitutional, a circuit judge Wednesday granted a temporary injunction because of changes to a North Florida congressional district where voting-rights groups say the ability of Black voters to elect a candidate of their choice…
Read More Judge Approves Injunction Against Florida Redistricting Plan
Less than a week after federal judges reached a similar conclusion, a Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday that an insurer was not required to cover losses sustained by a Miami-Dade County restaurant that suspended operations early in the COVID-19 pandemic. A three-judge panel of the…
Read More Court Rules Against Florida Restaurant In COVID-19 Shutdown