SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA v. COSMAS (2026)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Sixth District.

SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA d/b/a Seminole Gaming, Appellant, v. Lynn COSMAS, Appellee.

Case No. 6D2024-2235

Decided: January 09, 2026

Mark D. Schellhase, Jordan S. Kosches, and Emily L. Pineless, of GrayRobinson, P.A., Boca Raton, for Appellant. Brian J. Lee, of Morgan & Morgan, Jacksonville, for Appellee.

AFFIRMED. See Seminole Tribe of Fl. v. Pupo, 384 So. 3d 187 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023), review denied, No. SC2024-0548, 2024 WL 4512229 (Fla. Oct. 17, 2024). ¹

FOOTNOTES

1. Although not mentioned by the Fourth District, we note Part IX of the Compact states: “The obligations and rights of the State and the Tribe under this Compact are contractual in nature, and are to be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.”

PER CURIAM.

NARDELLA, WHITE and BROWNLEE, JJ., concur.

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