2,256 Florida cases classified under this topic, plus 1,513 listed through its narrower topics · sorted by citation count · see the citation graph · browse and sort
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113 So. 3d 1036·
Fla. 5th DCA·
2013-05-31
The court held that a party seeking a temporary injunction must demonstrate specific findings, which the trial court failed to do.
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Del.·
2013-05-29
The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Chancery's denial of the defendant's motion to vacate a default judgment and anti-suit injunction. The court held that the forum selection clause was valid and enforceable, and that the defendant's arguments regarding lack of perso
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Del. Ch.·
2013-05-21
The court denied the plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that while a reasonable likelihood of success on the merits of the Revlon claim existed due to a flawed sales process, the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the balance of equities favored injunctive
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1991 WL 42118·
S.D. Fla.·
2013-04-29
Summary judgment is granted for the plaintiff because the defendant's affirmative defenses of waiver, estoppel, and failure to mitigate are invalid as a matter of law due to the clear and unconditional terms of the guaranty agreement.
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15th Cir. Ct. App. Div.·
2013-04-11
State Farm sought a writ of certiorari to overturn a trial court order compelling discovery of documents in a dispute with a chiropractor over insurance benefits. The court denied the petition, finding the undue burden argument controverted and the privilege claim premature where
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110 So. 3d 537·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2013-04-10
This case involves an appeal by Patrick Neptune challenging three lower court orders. The appellate court dismissed the appeal, finding it lacked jurisdiction to review the non-final orders, either through direct appeal or certiorari.
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Del. Ch.·
2013-04-05
The court granted Simplexity's motion for a preliminary injunction, finding a likelihood of success on the merits regarding the enforceability of Zeinfeld's non-compete agreement and that Brightstar's proposed employment of Zeinfeld would violate it. The court also found that Sim
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Del. Ch.·
2013-04-02
The Court of Chancery lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief action arising from a contract dispute where a full and adequate remedy is available at law. The court found that the underlying dispute was contractual and that the plaintif
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1990 WL 108330·
S.D. Fla.·
2013-03-18
The court granted a preliminary injunction against the defendant's former product label due to a high likelihood of consumer confusion, but denied injunctions related to the new label, the use of specific words, evidence destruction, and document production.
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Del. Ch.·
2013-03-08
The Court of Chancery granted a preliminary injunction against SandRidge Energy's incumbent board, finding they likely breached their fiduciary duty of loyalty by refusing to approve a dissident slate of directors for "Proxy Put" purposes. The court determined that the board's ju
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521 F. Supp. 2d 895·
S.D. Fla.·
2013-02-25
The court held that equitable tolling does not apply because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate any fault or inequitable conduct by the defendant that prevented a timely federal filing.
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The Court denied the Plaintiffs' Motion to Expedite, finding that they failed to state any colorable claims sufficient to justify expedited proceedings. The Court concluded that the deal protection devices did not impermissibly lock up the merger agreement and that the alleged di
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712 F. Supp. 2d 70·
M.D. Fla.·
2013-01-04
The court granted National Trust's motion for summary judgment, finding no duty to defend or indemnify for the Specialized Services lawsuit due to lack of 'property damage' as defined by the policy. The court also granted National Trust's motion to strike Len-Verandahs' untimely
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Del. Ch.·
2012-12-21
The Court granted Holdco's motion for a mandatory preliminary injunction, finding that ILR breached the Ilshar Agreement by failing to distribute the Holdco Preferred Return as required. The Court determined that Holdco had a reasonable probability of success on its breach of con
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Del. Ch.·
2012-12-19
The Court denied the Plaintiff's motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), finding that the Plaintiff failed to demonstrate the requisite imminent and irreparable harm. While a colorable claim for breach of contract and fiduciary duties was established, the alleged harms, s
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100 So. 3d 268·
Fla. 5th DCA·
2012-11-09
Amica Mutual Insurance Company, as subrogee, sought to amend its complaint to name the correct builder defendant after discovering it had sued the wrong Centex entity. The trial court denied the motion to amend after the statute of limitations had expired, and the appellate court
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28 F. Cas. 257·
M.D. Fla.·
2012-10-25
The court held that the School Board's policies, as applied to a student distributing religious invitations, constituted unconstitutional viewpoint-based discrimination and violated the student's First Amendment rights under the Tinker standard.
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96 So. 3d 479·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2012-09-11
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147 So. 3d 4·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2012-08-23
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Del.·
2012-07-10
The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Chancery's judgment, holding that Martin Materials Company (Martin) breached both the Non-Disclosure Letter Agreement (NDA) and the Common Interest, Joint Defense and Confidentiality Agreement (JDA) with Vulcan Materials Company (V
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The court severed the claims of over 250 plaintiffs under Rule 21 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to manage the case.
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The court granted the preliminary injunction, enjoining the defendants from operating as a market agency until administrative proceedings are resolved, finding they repeatedly operated while insolvent and violated custodial account regulations.
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Del. Ch.·
2012-05-04
The Court held that Martin Marietta breached its confidentiality agreements with Vulcan Materials Company by impermissibly using and disclosing confidential information in furtherance of its hostile exchange offer and proxy contest. The Court found that the agreements limited the
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85 So. 3d 556·
Fla. 5th DCA·
2012-04-13
Allograft Innovations appeals a temporary injunction prohibiting use of TissueNet's alleged trade secrets in chemical cleaning protocols for tissue sterilization. The court reversed the injunction, finding TissueNet failed to prove that Allograft Innovations used the same specifi
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Del. Ch.·
2012-02-29
The Court denied the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of success on the merits of their claims regarding an unfair price, a flawed sales process, and misleading disclosures. The Court conclu
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A former husband seeks certiorari review of a trial court's judgment finding him in indirect civil contempt for violating prior court orders related to contact with his child's school and child support obligations. The appellate court dismisses portions of the petition for lack o
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77 So. 3d 919·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2012-01-25
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77 So. 3d 691·
Fla. 3d DCA·
2011-11-09
The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court's grant of a temporary injunction removing defendants from their positions at a local chapter of a Chinese merchants association and reinstating the plaintiff as co-president. The court upheld the injunction after defendan
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73 So. 3d 874·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2011-11-09
The Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed summary judgment for the state defendants, holding that the plaintiff lacked a justiciable controversy and failed to demonstrate a clear legal right necessary for either declaratory or injunctive relief.
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73 So. 3d 338·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2011-10-31
Appellant sought to appeal orders denying her petition to modify a domesticated Michigan child support order. The court dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the appealed orders did not expressly dispose of the petition on the merits or jurisdictional grounds and
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813 F. Supp. 2d 1365·
S.D. Fla.·
2011-09-01
The court held that while the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts state laws that hinder its objectives, unconscionability remains a valid defense to arbitration agreements if it is a generally applicable contract defense. However, class action waivers can no longer be the sol
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The Court denied the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that they failed to demonstrate a reasonable probability of success on the merits or irreparable injury. The Court reasoned that while the derivative claims might survive a motion to dismiss, they were
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82 So. 3d 845·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2011-04-20
The court held that the petitioners failed to demonstrate irreparable harm not remediable on appeal, thus the petition for certiorari must be dismissed.
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Del. Super. Ct.·
2011-04-20
The court denied the appellant's motion to stay the order of dismissal. The court found that the Industrial Accident Board's decision that the appellee was within the scope of her employment at the time of the accident would likely be affirmed on appeal. Therefore, the appellant
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Del. Ch.·
2011-04-11
The court denied the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, finding they failed to demonstrate a reasonable probability of success on the merits of their price, process, or disclosure claims. Consequently, the court also found no irreparable harm and that the balance of
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The court held that the defendants' motions to dismiss should be denied, and the plaintiffs' renewed motion for preliminary injunctive relief should be granted a hearing, because the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged standing and stated claims for relief.
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59 So. 3d 208·
Fla. 3d DCA·
2011-03-16
Farah Real Estate sought certiorari review of two trial court orders requiring it to make monthly mortgage payments to Bank of Miami during pending foreclosure actions on commercial properties, or vacate the premises. The court affirmed the orders, holding that the statutory fram
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Del. Ch.·
2011-03-04
The Court granted a preliminary injunction enjoining the shareholder vote on the proposed merger between Atheros Communications, Inc. and T. Merger Sub, Inc. The injunction is conditioned upon the plaintiffs posting a $25,000 bond and will be lifted upon Atheros's distribution of
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The Seminole County School Board appealed a trial court's grant of a temporary injunction allowing a transfer student to participate in interscholastic wrestling despite being declared ineligible under FHSAA bylaws. The appellate court reversed, finding multiple procedural and su
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Del. Ch.·
2011-01-28
The court denied the investor's motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) or preliminary injunction, finding the claim barred by laches due to unreasonable delay and prejudice to the opposing parties. Additionally, the court found the investor failed to demonstrate a probabi
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56 So. 3d 808·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2011-01-28
Lee Memorial Health System sought a protective order prohibiting the Smiths' counsel from communicating ex parte with the child's treating physicians who were employed by Lee Memorial. The court held that Florida Rule of Professional Conduct 4-4.2 does not prohibit such communica
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Del. Ch.·
2011-01-28
The Court granted Chartis Warranty Guard's (CWG) motion for a preliminary injunction in aid of arbitration. The Court found that CWG had a reasonable probability of success on the merits of its claim that National Electronics Warranty (NEW) breached their agreement by misusing CW
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54 So. 3d 545·
Fla. 3d DCA·
2011-01-19
Quest Diagnostics challenged discovery orders requiring disclosure of information about a non-party patient (Patient X) whose tissue sample was mixed up with the plaintiff's during pathology analysis. The Florida appellate court partially granted the writ of certiorari, allowing
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The court held that plaintiffs are likely to prevail on their claim that Florida law unconstitutionally prohibits spending contributions received and fully disclosed within five days before an election, but are unlikely to prevail on claims challenging disclosure of contributors,
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45 So. 3d 924·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2010-10-13
The petition for writ of certiorari is dismissed as prematurely filed because the trial court's order did not yet compel the production of privileged materials or information, thus causing no irreparable harm.
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Del. Ch.·
2010-10-05
The court denied the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that they were unlikely to succeed on the merits of their claims. The court determined that the target's board of directors acted reasonably in conducting the sales process, negotiating the merger agree
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The seller of a pre-construction condominium unit appeals a trial court's summary judgment for the buyer, arguing the sales contract was authorized under the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (ILSFDA) and not subject to revocation.
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The Delaware Court of Chancery denied plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction challenging a controlling stockholder freeze-out. The court found that while the transaction would be reviewed for entire fairness due to the lack of a special committee recommendation and insuf
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Del. Ch.·
2010-05-14
The court granted Arkema's motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO), enjoining Dow and Rohm and Haas from allocating less than 100% of Arkema's methyl methacrylate (MMA) requirements. The court found that Arkema had presented a colorable claim of breach of contract, demonst
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The court denied CIBA's motion for a permanent injunction, finding that CIBA failed to prove irreparable harm or that the public interest would not be disserved by an injunction.