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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S.D. Fla.·
2024-05-20
The court held that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction because the plaintiff failed to establish a waiver of federal sovereign immunity for her claims against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-05-15
The court held that the amended complaint must be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because it failed to adequately allege federal question or diversity jurisdiction.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-05-06
The court denied the motion for default judgment because the plaintiff failed to adequately plead the elements of his ADA and breach of contract claims, and also raised questions about proper service and jurisdiction.
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S.D. Fla.·
2024-05-06
A plaintiff's general allegation of fulfilling conditions precedent to filing an FMWA claim is sufficient at the motion to dismiss stage, and failure to satisfy a condition precedent does not deprive a federal court of subject matter jurisdiction.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-04-22
The court held that while some plaintiffs' claims met the amount in controversy requirement for diversity jurisdiction, one plaintiff's claims did not, leading to dismissal of that plaintiff's case.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-04-16
The court held that while the plaintiff sufficiently alleged standing, the amended complaint failed to state a claim under the ADA and Rehabilitation Act due to a lack of specific factual allegations.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-04-15
The court held that the amended complaint failed to sufficiently establish subject matter jurisdiction due to inadequate pleading of LLC citizenship, but granted leave to amend.
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The court held that a failure to plead compulsory counterclaims under Fed. R. Civ. P. 13(a) does not divest the court of subject matter jurisdiction. The court also denied the alternative motion for summary judgment and Rule 11 sanctions.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-04-03
The court held that the six-month filing deadline under the Limitation of Liability Act is a non-jurisdictional claim-processing rule, and failure to meet it does not deprive the court of subject matter jurisdiction.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-03-29
The court granted NASCAR's motion to dismiss, granted in part Koutoulas's and LGB Entities' motions, and denied Horsman's motion and plaintiffs' motions as moot. The court also dismissed claims against Horsman and the Foundation for improper addition as parties.
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Jeffrey Clay sued the Department of the Navy under the Freedom of Information Act seeking the release of documents the Navy had withheld based on the deliberative process exemption, which Clay believed would demonstrate his innocence in a criminal case. The court dismissed the ca
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-03-27
The court held that the plaintiff lacks Article III standing to assert claims under other states' laws and for injunctive relief, and fails to state a claim for deceptive and misleading advertising and fraud.
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The court held that the defendants failed to meet their heavy burden to show that the alleged ADA violations are moot, as there is a reasonable expectation that the conduct could recur.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-03-12
The court held that the plaintiffs' claims challenging the COVID-19 vaccine mandates were moot because the mandates were revoked by a subsequent executive order, and there was no reasonable expectation that the mandates would be reinstated.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-03-12
The Court granted in part and denied in part AccuQuote's motion to dismiss, finding insufficient allegations for personal jurisdiction but granting leave to amend.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-03-06
The court held that the plaintiff's allegations were sufficient to state claims under the TCPA and FTSA and that she had standing, thus denying the defendant's motion to dismiss.
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The court held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged claims for race discrimination, sex discrimination, retaliation, and disability discrimination, but dismissed the constructive termination claim for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-02-16
The court held that the First Amended Complaint was an improper shotgun pleading and dismissed it without prejudice, granting plaintiffs leave to file a second amended complaint.
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The court held that the complaint is an impermissible shotgun pleading and must be stricken, preventing the court from determining the applicability of the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-02-08
The court held that the pro se plaintiff lacked standing to bring his claims because the alleged injuries were to his LLC, not to him individually, and therefore the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction.
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The court accepted the magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss the plaintiff's claims for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, granting the defendant's motion to dismiss.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-01-17
The court held that while procedural errors may be reviewable, the plaintiff's allegations lacked the necessary factual specificity to establish subject-matter jurisdiction for challenging the denial of his national interest waiver petition.
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S.D. Fla.·
2024-01-05
Twenty-three survivors of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre and fifty of their immediate family members, all non-citizens, brought Administrative Procedure Act claims seeking to compel the government to grant them waiting list parole in connection with their
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-01-04
The court held that the defendant failed to meet its burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the amount in controversy exceeded the $75,000 jurisdictional threshold for diversity jurisdiction.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-12-20
The court held that the plaintiff's second amended complaint failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, dismissing all counts for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction or failure to exhaust administrative remedies.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-12-14
The court held that the plaintiffs lacked standing and their claims were not ripe because they had not demonstrated a real and immediate threat of future injury from the Florida Department of Corrections' policy regarding medication-assisted treatment.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-12-11
The court held that the EEOC adequately alleged that the TJM entities were sufficiently related to the Princess Martha to be subject to the lawsuit, despite not being named in the initial charge.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-11-22
The court denied the motion for default judgment because the plaintiff failed to establish standing and sufficiently plead a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regarding website accessibility.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-11-21
The court held that the plaintiff failed to establish a clear right to mandamus relief because there is no mandatory deadline for adjudicating his petition, and the APA provides an adequate remedy. Furthermore, the court found no unreasonable delay or sufficient prejudice to gran
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-11-17
The court held that the plaintiffs' claims were moot because the filing periods for H-1B visas had passed and the court could not grant meaningful relief. The court also found that the USCIS's rejection of petitions complied with regulations and that the Adjudicator's Field Manua
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-11-13
The court denied the United States' motion for default judgment because service of process was inadequate, as the proof of service only indicated service of the summons and not the complaint.
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The court granted in part and denied in part the motion to dismiss and strike, dismissing Counterclaim I and III without prejudice, denying dismissal of Counterclaim II, and treating Affirmative Defense 13 as a denial.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-11-07
The court held that a statutory bad faith insurance claim is unripe for federal adjudication until a final judgment is entered and all appeals are exhausted in the underlying coverage dispute, thus requiring remand to state court.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-10-24
The court held that it has subject matter jurisdiction over the petition to compel arbitration under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) by applying the 'look through' analysis to the underlying class action claims in arbitration.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-09-29
The court held that Plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies because his lawsuit alleged negligence in plumbing maintenance, a theory not presented in his prior administrative claim concerning denial of medical treatment.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-09-26
The court granted in part and denied in part the defendants' motion to dismiss. The court dismissed claims for fraudulent inducement, constructive trust, indemnification, subrogation, civil conspiracy, and civil theft. The court denied dismissal for breach of contract and unjust
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-09-15
The court held that the plaintiff failed to establish Article III standing because she did not allege a concrete injury, and therefore, the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-09-15
The court held that the defendant's counterclaim was compulsory and thus fell within the court's supplemental jurisdiction, denying the plaintiff's motion to dismiss.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-09-15
Publix Super Markets, Inc. sought declaratory judgments and breach of contract damages from multiple insurance companies regarding their alleged duty to defend and indemnify it in approximately 61 opioid-related lawsuits pending since 2017. The court dismissed counts related to t
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The court held that claims against Doyle are dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction due to Eleventh Amendment immunity, and claims against Guinand are dismissed with prejudice based on absolute immunity. Claims against Rives are dismissed for failure to state a plausib
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The court held that Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity bars the § 1983 and breach of contract claims, and the Title IX claim fails for lack of plausible allegations of gender bias.
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The Delaware Superior Court granted the Governor's motion to dismiss. The court held that the Governor is entitled to qualified immunity from damages for alleged violations of the U.S. Constitution because the law was not clearly established regarding the constitutionality of COV
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-08-25
The court held that federal probation officers are excluded from the Civil Service Reform Act and must pursue employment discrimination claims exclusively through their agency's Employee Dispute Resolution Plan, and that failure to do so deprives federal courts of subject-matter
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-08-21
The court held that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction to review claims for unreasonable agency delay or to compel agency action under the APA and Mandamus Act, and that the INA explicitly prohibits judicial review of decisions regarding unlawful presence waivers.
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The Court denied the defendants' motions to dismiss. The Court found that it had subject matter jurisdiction because the plaintiff's subrogation claims, seeking monetary damages in tort for injuries allegedly caused by pharmaceutical products, were not preempted by ERISA, as they
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-08-08
The Court granted the motion to dismiss, holding it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the Immigration and Nationality Act bars judicial review of decisions regarding waivers and mandamus relief was not appropriate.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-08-07
The court held that the plaintiff failed to properly file an administrative claim for a tax refund and that the claim for injunctive and declaratory relief was barred by the Anti-Injunction Act, thus dismissing the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-08-06
The court held that the case must be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the initial agency decision was vacated and a new decision was issued, rendering the case moot and the initial decision not a final agency action.
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The court held that the plaintiff failed to adequately plead Article III standing, lacking subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate the claims.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-07-25
Plaintiffs who purchased ranitidine (Zantac) filed class action claims for medical monitoring and economic loss, alleging the drug was defective and caused cancer due to contamination with NDMA. The court ruled that after excluding the plaintiffs' scientific evidence proving rani