Supreme Court of Florida - June 2005 Opinion Summaries

Jean v. State of Florida

Criminal Law and Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sanctions

State of Florida v. Raymond

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Section 907.041(4)(b), Florida Statutes (2000), which prevents persons charged with a dangerous crime from obtaining nonmonetary pretrial release at a...

Florida Dep't of Revenue v. Howard

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Section 193.016, Florida Statutes (2001), which requires a property appraiser to consider the results of an appeal before a value adjustment board in...

Lanier v. State of Florida

Criminal Law and Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sanctions

Lashkajani v. Lashkajani

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Family Law
Parties may, by express provision in a prenuptial agreement, contract away a future obligation to pay attorney's fees and costs during the term of the...

Lamb v. Matetzschk

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442 mandates that offers of settlement be differentiated between the parties, even if a party's liability is purely...

Sult v. State of Florida

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Section 843.085, Florida Statutes, is unconstitutionally overbroad, vague, and violates substantive due process.

Brooks v. State of Florida

Criminal Law and Procedure, Sentencing

State of Florida v. Anderson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The would-have-been-imposed harmless error test applies in determining whether a scoresheet error requires resentencing.

Aguilera v. Inservices, Inc.

Labor and Employment Law, Workers' Compensation, Insurance Law