Supreme Court of Florida - August 2010 Opinion Summaries

Roberts v. Brown

Civil Procedure, Elections, Government Law
Secretary of State's petition for extraordinary writ and a petition for a writ of prohibition on the basis that the Second Circuit Court is acting in...

Florida Dep't of State v. Mangat

Civil Procedure, Elections, Government Law, Health Law
Judgment of the circuit court, finding that the ballot summary for Amendment 9, for creating a new section related to health care services in article...

Florida Dep't of State v. Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
Judgment of the circuit court striking a legislatively proposed constitutional amendment from the November 2010 general election ballot is affirmed...

Roberts v. Doyle

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Property Law & Real Estate
An order of the Second Circuit enjoining the Secretary of State from placing Amendment 3 on the November 2010 general election ballot is affirmed...

Florida Bar v. Liberman

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code
Following the conviction of an attorney for first degree felony of trafficking in the drug "Ecstasy," a referee's recommendation that the court accept...

Florida Bar v. Hall

Administrative Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
In an attorney's disciplinary proceedings, arising from forgery and fraudulent recording of a lease agreement and agreement for sale between the...

Cooper v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution of defendant for sexual battery on a person in familial custody and lewd molestation for his sexual abuse of a victim over a period...