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In re: Amendments to Fla. R. Crim. P., Fla. R. Juv. P., and Fla. Fam. L. R. P. - Report of the Task Force on Treatment-Based Drug Courts

Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law
Upon consideration of submissions by the Juvenile Court Rules Committee and the Task Force on Treatment-Based Drug Courts, the court declines to adopt...

Hasan v. US Dep't of Labor

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a complaint alleging retaliatory failure to hire due to petitioner's prior whistleblowing activity, petition for review is granted, and...

Moore v. U.S.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute is reversed and the case remanded where the district court's statements during...

Lugo v. Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a first-degree murder case in which defendant was sentenced to death, denial of postconviction relief is affirmed over claims of: 1) ineffective...

Williamson v. Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a first-degree murder case, denial of motion for postconviction relief is affirmed in part and remanded in part, and petition for habeas relief is...

In re: Amendments to Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.112--Minimum Standards for Attorneys in Capital Cases

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Upon the recommendation of the Supreme Court Criminal Steering Committee, the court adopts amendments to Fla. R. Crim. P. 3112 to bring the rule into...

Hi-Tech Pharm. v. Crawford

Administrative Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In a claim brought after government seizure of plaintiff-manufacturer/seller's dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids, alleging that...

Overman v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim for Social Security disability and supplemental security income payments, denial of benefits is reversed and remanded where: 1) the ALJ had...

Comm. on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives v. Miers

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit brought to compel testimony and the production of documents by White House officials in the Congressional investigation of the forced...

Jimenez v. Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for both first degree murder and burglary with an assault and battery in an occupied dwelling and a sentence to death, as well as denial...