5,622 Florida cases classified under this topic, plus 6,142 listed through its narrower topics · sorted by citation count · see the citation graph · browse and sort
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101 Fla. 506·
Fla.·
1931-05-07
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Miami Water Company appealed an injunction preventing it from cutting off water service to private building owners who refused to pay fees for stand-pipe and sprinkler system maintenance. The Florida Supreme Court reversed, holding that water companies may charge private property
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99 Fla. 65·
Fla.·
1930-01-01
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This landmark Florida case upheld two 1929 tax statutes (Senate Bills One and Five) creating a state administrative scheme for distributing tax revenues to counties for road construction and school purposes. The court rejected multiple constitutional challenges and established br
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97 Fla. 340·
Fla.·
1929-03-12
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S.A.L. Railroad Company sought an injunction against Tampa Southern Railroad Company for interference with its railroad construction rights granted by the City of Sarasota. The Florida Supreme Court reversed the lower court's denial of the defendant's demurrers to certain amended
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97 Fla. 321·
Fla.·
1929-03-05
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This case involves a dispute over a timber sale contract. The appellate court reversed a lower court's decision to grant a temporary injunction, finding that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate irreparable harm or lack of an adequate remedy at law.
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Bondholders of the Everglades Drainage District sought to enjoin the issuance of $20,000,000 in additional bonds authorized by a 1927 Florida statute, alleging that the new bonds would impair their contract rights under the original bond authorization. The district court held tha
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93 Fla. 531·
Fla.·
1927-03-15
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This case involves a dispute over "white settlement" signs and intimidation tactics used by property owners against potential Black purchasers. The appellate court reversed the lower court's injunction, finding the decree against the weight of the evidence.
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92 Fla. 718·
Fla.·
1926-09-25
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Julia Sanders appealed a decree quieting title to land in the Appellees, Alford Brothers Company and Henderson Waits Lumber Company, based on a patent from the United States government. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Sanders' alleged color of title instrument co
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91 Fla. 241·
Fla.·
1926-01-30
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The court reviewed a case where a railroad company sought to prevent a city from enforcing an ordinance that restricted its use of a street for transportation. The appellate court found that the lower court erred in dismissing the case without a full adjudication of the parties'
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This case involves an appeal from two interlocutory orders granting temporary injunctions without proper notice or sufficient factual basis in the bills filed. The appellate court found the bills insufficient to support the injunctions.
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The Florida Supreme Court reversed interlocutory orders granting a temporary injunction and denying dissolution of that injunction in a case arising from a prior ejectment judgment. The court held that Peeples lacked independent equity for his bill seeking to stay execution of an
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79 Fla. 104·
Fla.·
1920-01-26
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This case involves a dispute between two special tax school districts over tax money collected from overlapping territory. The court held that the legality of a de facto school district's creation cannot be challenged in a collateral proceeding by another district.
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66 Fla. 234·
Fla.·
1913-11-04
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Henry Williams appeals a permanent injunction preventing him from interfering with complainants' possession of Jacksonville property. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the injunction, holding that Williams derived no valid title from Anna Thomas (whose claim was defeated in an 1
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66 Fla. 19·
Fla.·
1913-06-17
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The Florida Supreme Court reversed a lower court's injunction that had declared a street dedicated to public use. The appellate court found insufficient evidence of dedication and suggested private easement claims could be pursued separately.
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The Florida Supreme Court granted an injunction to restrain the execution of a judgment pending appeal. The appellants were required to post a bond to ensure payment of the judgment if the appeal failed.
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37 Fla. 499·
Fla.·
1896-01-01
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Florida Supreme Court held that vessels owned by a non-resident New York corporation and registered at the Port of New York were not subject to taxation in Florida, despite being employed in interstate commerce on Florida's rivers. The court affirmed an injunction preventing the
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36 Fla. 357·
Fla.·
1895-06-01
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The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's decision to dissolve an injunction and sustain a demurrer. The appellants failed to file a brief or assignment of errors, leading the court to consider the case abandoned.
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21 Fla. 185·
Fla.·
1885-01-01
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The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's decision, holding that a widow who elected to take a child's part of her deceased husband's estate, and who sought to recover her interest from subsequent purchasers, had an adequate remedy at law and failed to allege notice of h
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17 Fla. 630·
Fla.·
1880-01-01
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Wilson and McHenry purchased a judgment against the Standley estate at a sale under execution, claiming a lien on lands the complainant Wilson had purchased from the estate's administratrix. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's decree enjoining their sale, holding
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12 Fla. 300·
Fla.·
1868-01-01
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Timanus sought equity relief to recover rents from property after obtaining a judgment against Frisbee in an ejectment action. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the decree granting an injunction and appointing a receiver to collect rents, holding that equity courts have jurisdic
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9 Fla. 366·
Fla.·
1861-01-01
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Baltzell and Chapman obtained a judgment against Randolph based on a promissory note signed by 'C. M. Harris & Co.' The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the grant of a perpetual injunction against execution of the judgment, holding that Randolph was entitled to equitable relief bec
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The Florida Supreme Court considered whether it had original jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus. The Court held that its original jurisdiction is limited to issuing certain remedial writs to maintain general superintendence and control over other courts, and not for general
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The Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a temporary injunction order issued by the trial court, finding that the written order was facially insufficient under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.610(c) and that the trial court set the injunction bond without allowing the parti
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Park Royal Hospital appeals a mandatory injunction requiring compliance with Florida's Baker Act and Administrative Code provisions for future unnamed patients. The trial court entered the broad injunction despite S.M.'s petition seeking only habeas corpus relief and correction o
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American Alliance for Equal Rights challenged the Fearless Fund's grant contest, which limited applicant eligibility to Black women, arguing the racial exclusion violated 42 U.S.C. § 1981's prohibition on race discrimination in contracting. The Eleventh Circuit held that the Alli
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A temporary injunction must be supported by express factual findings addressing all four required elements, and an injunction that merely recites legal conclusions is insufficient.
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348 So. 3d 1160·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2022-10-14
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George Leposky appealed a nonfinal order freezing his bank accounts issued by a guardianship court in response to an unverified motion filed by his wife's court-appointed guardian. The Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed the asset freeze order because the guardian's motion l
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A temporary injunction must be affirmed only to the extent that each of the four required elements—irreparable harm, inadequacy of legal remedy, substantial likelihood of success on the merits, and public interest—is supported by specific factual findings; portions lacking these
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The appellate court reversed a trial court's order granting a temporary injunction. The court found that the party seeking the injunction failed to present sufficient competent, substantial evidence to meet the required legal elements for such relief, particularly regarding irrep
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The court held that a motion for injunctive relief must be denied when there is no operative complaint and the requested relief does not relate to the complaint.
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A trial court violates a defendant's due process rights by admitting and relying upon testimony regarding an unpled incident of domestic violence that was not alleged in the petition.
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The court denied inTEAM's motion for a rule to show cause, finding that Heartland did not violate the prior injunction. The court held that Heartland's software's ability to export data, its proposals to state agencies, and its alleged data analysis functionality did not constitu
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328 So. 3d 22·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2021-09-10
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Florida Citizens Alliance and other plaintiffs challenged the Collier County School Board's textbook selection process, alleging that Instructional Materials Review Committees violated the Sunshine Law by meeting in closed sessions without public notice. The trial court dismissed
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The appellate court reversed a domestic violence injunction, finding the evidence insufficient to prove stalking. The court held that the alleged actions, such as serving court documents at a new address and reporting potential false affidavits, served legitimate purposes and did
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314 So. 3d 796·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2021-04-06
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The Florida Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement officers who are threatened with deadly force by crime suspects are considered crime victims under Article I, Section 16 of the Florida Constitution. This grants them the right to keep their identities confidential from public
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A fraudulent transfer action is a distinct claim from the underlying debt, and thus is not automatically non-dischargeable if the underlying debt is non-dischargeable. Furthermore, a debtor may not proceed nominally against a discharged debtor to recover from third parties unless
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A temporary injunction enforcing a foreign embargo order may be issued and maintained in an in rem proceeding without personal jurisdiction over the defendant, provided the defendant received due process in the foreign tribunal, the foreign court had original jurisdiction, and th
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The appellate court reversed an order modifying child timesharing due to insufficient pleadings and lack of factual findings, but dismissed the appeal of a prior contempt order as untimely. The case highlights the procedural requirements for modification petitions and the necessi
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The trial court abused its discretion in awarding sole parental responsibility to the Wife where she never requested it and there was no competent, substantial evidence that shared parental responsibility would be detrimental to the children, despite Florida's strong public polic
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277 So. 3d 664·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2019-06-21
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Braden Woods Homeowners Association and Lakewood Ranch Medical Center appealed the dismissal of counts one and two of their complaint challenging a county official's administrative approval of a freestanding emergency room facility. The appellants sought declaratory and injunctiv
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A temporary injunction was improperly granted where the licensee possessed only a revocable license to use parking spaces, was unlikely to succeed on the merits, and the injunction would alter rather than preserve the status quo by requiring restoration to a pre-construction cond
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274 So. 3d 492·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2019-05-30
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A public official lacks standing to challenge the constitutionality of a statute when the statute's operation affects the official's duties, and the personal injury exception does not apply when the alleged injury arises exclusively from the official's statutory responsibilities.
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In this domestic violence case, the wife appeals the trial court's dismissal of her petition for protection against domestic violence. The appellate court reversed the dismissal, finding that the trial court erred by rejecting uncontroverted testimony without making credibility f
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271 So. 3d 159·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2019-05-02
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The McIntoshes appealed a trial court's partial grant of injunctive relief against the Myerses for planting cypress trees in violation of subdivision covenants. The appellate court affirmed the injunction regarding trees on the Myerses' property but reversed the denial of injunct
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260 So. 3d 559·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2019-01-04
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ERHM Orthopedics appeals a trial court's order denying attorney's fees following a dispute with former employee Todd Edwards over a non-compete and non-solicitation agreement. The appellate court reversed, holding that ERHM is the prevailing party entitled to attorney's fees beca
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An injunction for protection against domestic violence cannot be granted based on fear alone unless the danger feared is imminent and the rationale for the fear is objectively reasonable, supported by competent, substantial evidence of threatened or actual violence rather than me
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An adult parent's petition for a domestic violence injunction on behalf of a minor child is governed by section 741.30, which prohibits attorney's fees awards, even when filed on the child's behalf rather than the parent's own behalf.
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The Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a temporary injunction because the trial court failed to make sufficient factual findings required by Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.610(c) to support the four mandatory elements for injunctive relief.
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The Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a circuit court's summary denial of a cyberstalking/stalking protection petition, holding that the court was required to either hold a hearing or provide a detailed explanation of the deficiencies before denying the petition.
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227 So. 3d 1261·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2017-09-29
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Richard Carlson, a Xerox manager, challenged the Florida Department of Revenue's contract award to Systems and Methods, Inc. (SMI) in a child-support program procurement, alleging violations of Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law. The First District Court of Appeal affirmed