520 Florida cases classified under this topic, plus 195 listed through its narrower topics · sorted by citation count · browse and sort
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-08-16
The court held that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over the plaintiff's constitutional claims due to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and that the ADA claim failed for insufficient pleading and being time-barred.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-08-09
The court held that the plaintiff lacked Article III standing because the alleged injury was not actual or imminent, but speculative and conjectural.
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The court held that the parties agreed to arbitrate whether a grievance complied with the procedural requirements of the CBA, and thus, the hospital's refusal to arbitrate based on alleged procedural deficiencies was a matter for the arbitrator to decide.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-07-30
The court held that the plaintiff failed to establish standing and therefore lacked a cognizable claim, warranting dismissal.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-07-28
The court grants in part Plaintiff's motion to dismiss Defendant's counterclaims, dismissing the counterclaims without prejudice.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-07-22
The court held that the plaintiff lacked standing to bring a declaratory judgment claim regarding a non-compete agreement to which it was not a party, but had standing for tortious interference claims. The court granted the motion to dismiss Count I and ordered it remanded, while
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-07-09
The Court held that all claims, including those seeking injunctive relief, are subject to binding arbitration as per the parties' agreement, and therefore, the case is stayed pending arbitration.
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The court held that plaintiffs failed to establish subject matter jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) because they did not demonstrate that their property was taken in violation of international law or that a sufficient commercial nexus existed.
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The court held that the TCPA's government-debt exception was severable, preserving federal question jurisdiction, and that while some TCPA claims could proceed, others were dismissed for lack of standing.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-06-10
The court held that a motion to intervene was untimely because the movant failed to demonstrate when he knew or should have known of his interest and did not adequately address prejudice to existing parties.
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The court held that the University of South Florida Board of Trustees is immune from suit in federal court under the Eleventh Amendment for state law claims, and that the federal claims failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-05-25
The court held that the plaintiff lacked Article III standing because he failed to allege a concrete and particularized injury in fact, and any alleged injury was not traceable to the defendant's conduct.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-05-04
The court held that a plaintiff's prior rescission of an insurance policy, which is a necessary element to state a claim for rescission under Florida law, does not divest the court of subject matter jurisdiction over the rescission claim.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-04-16
A bad-faith claim against an insurer for failure to settle does not accrue until the insured's underlying liability and the insurer's coverage obligations are determined, unless specific exceptions apply.
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The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss, finding plaintiffs lacked standing to bring their claims.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-03-26
The court held that it lacked diversity jurisdiction because the plaintiff failed to establish that defendant Navan, a key party for diversity purposes, was domiciled in Louisiana, and therefore, the LLC was also not diverse.
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N.D. Fla.·
2021-03-25
RHH LLC sought a declaratory judgment against Innisfree Hotels regarding Plaintiff's obligations under a contract for furniture delivery that allegedly sustained water damage at a Pensacola, Florida hotel. The court ruled that Plaintiff adequately alleged an actual controversy sa
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-03-16
The court dismissed the insurer's declaratory judgment action, finding no actual controversy regarding the duty to defend and abstaining from deciding the duty to indemnify due to parallel state court proceedings.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-03-11
The court held that claims challenging the validity of an underlying conviction are barred by Heck v. Humphrey, but claims that do not necessarily invalidate the conviction may proceed. Recusal was denied as there was no reasonable doubt about the judge's impartiality.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-02-23
The court held that the plaintiff failed to properly allege it had standing to bring the claim because it did not provide sufficient factual allegations to show that the exemplar claim was actually assigned to it.
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The court held that the plaintiffs' claims against the bank were not ripe for adjudication because they hinged on the contingent future event of securing a judgment in a pending malpractice case and being unable to collect on it.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-02-22
The court held that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to review the plaintiff's claim, as it constituted an indirect attack on a final removal order.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-02-18
The Court granted the defendant's motion to stay the proceedings pending the Supreme Court's decision on class certification.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-02-17
The court held that the amended complaint failed to establish diversity jurisdiction because it only alleged residency, not citizenship, of the defendant.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-02-08
Elias Makere, an Allstate employee, filed employment discrimination claims in federal court alleging race and sex discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under Florida law and federal civil rights statutes, based on alleged mistreatment during his employment and various alleg
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-01-31
The court held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the plaintiff's tax-related claims against the United States and that the plaintiff failed to state a claim for Bivens liability against individual IRS agents due to the existence of alternative statutory remedies.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-01-25
A judge is entitled to judicial immunity for actions taken in a judicial capacity, even if those actions are later vacated for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
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The appellate court affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the plaintiffs' claims, holding that the plaintiffs lacked standing. The court found that the alleged "imminent risk of future harm" from the data breach was not concrete, particularized, actual, or imminent, and that th
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-01-11
The court held that the declaratory judgment claim against Federal Defendants is dismissed with prejudice for lack of sovereign immunity waiver, and the Quiet Title Act claim is dismissed without prejudice for failure to plead with particularity, but with leave to amend.
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The court held that the plaintiff sufficiently pleaded seaman status and her claims for Jones Act negligence, maintenance and cure, unseaworthiness, and false imprisonment to survive a motion to dismiss.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-01-07
A plaintiff must allege concrete harm, not just a procedural violation or offense, to establish standing for federal jurisdiction.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-01-07
The court held that the defendant failed to establish diversity jurisdiction because the amount in controversy, excluding speculative prospective attorney's fees and unsupported demands, did not exceed the $75,000 threshold.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-01-07
The court granted the motion to dismiss because the complaint constituted a shotgun pleading and the court lacked jurisdiction over the FMLA claims due to sovereign immunity.
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S.D. Fla.·
2020-12-22
The district court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to review claims challenging an alien's removal order or the proceedings leading to it, as these are exclusively vested in the courts of appeals under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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S.D. Fla.·
2020-12-16
The Court granted the defendants' motions to dismiss, finding it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the plaintiff's declaratory judgment action. The court determined that the plaintiff's asserted federal claims under ERISA and the LMRA were not properly pleaded or did not co
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M.D. Fla.·
2020-12-14
The court held that the plaintiff failed to establish standing for most of her claims and failed to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6) for others, primarily because she did not demonstrate a concrete injury-in-fact or causation for the alleged COBRA violations.
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The Delaware Court of Chancery denied SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) and SoftBank Vision Fund (AIV M1) L.P.'s (Vision Fund) motions to dismiss The We Company's complaint. The court held that The We Company has standing to sue for alleged breaches of the Master Transaction Agreement (
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M.D. Fla.·
2020-12-04
The court held that GEICO failed to establish the amount in controversy requirement for diversity jurisdiction in its declaratory judgment action.
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S.D. Fla.·
2020-12-02
The court held that the plaintiff's allegations sufficiently established a case or controversy, warranting the denial of the defendant's motion to dismiss the declaratory judgment action.
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The court held that the assignor of insurance benefits lacks standing to sue after a valid assignment, but the assignee retains standing.
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Steven Bunyan, a Department of Veterans Affairs employee, sued the United States and the VA Secretary for false imprisonment, racial discrimination, and assault stemming from a February 2016 incident in which he was arrested by a VA police officer following a physical altercation
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M.D. Fla.·
2020-11-18
The court held that the first-filed rule applies, and the case should be transferred to the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division, rather than dismissed.
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The court held that the 120-day waiting period under 5 U.S.C. § 7702(e)(1)(B) is a strict claims-processing rule, not a jurisdictional prerequisite, and a regulation cannot toll this period. Therefore, the plaintiff's civil action was timely filed.
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M.D. Fla.·
2020-10-14
The court held that it must abstain from exercising jurisdiction over the plaintiff's claims under the Younger abstention doctrine due to ongoing state court proceedings involving important state interests.
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S.D. Fla.·
2020-10-13
The court held that it would defer ruling on the plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees, overruling the plaintiff's objections to the magistrate judge's recommendation.
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The Court denied the defendant's motion to dismiss without prejudice because it failed to comply with local rules and directed the plaintiff to supplement the record regarding jurisdictional facts.
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The court denied the defendant's motion to dismiss, finding that the plaintiff sufficiently alleged Article III standing and that claims based on pre-2004 conduct were not time-barred.
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M.D. Fla.·
2020-09-11
The district court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to review an alien's adjustment of status application when it is an indirect challenge to a prior removal order, even if the alien traveled abroad and reentered under TPS.
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S.D. Fla.·
2020-09-01
The court held that the plaintiff failed to adequately plead standing because the defendant's actions did not demonstrate a practice of automatically denying housing based on felony convictions, which was necessary to show the diversion of the plaintiff's resources to counteract
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S.D. Fla.·
2020-08-27
The court granted the motion to dismiss the third-party complaint, declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims after the original federal claims were settled.