798 Florida cases classified under this topic, plus 306 listed through its narrower topics · sorted by citation count · see the citation graph · browse and sort
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The Tampa Sports Authority appealed a preliminary injunction barring suspicionless patdown searches of stadium attendees at Tampa Bay Buccaneers games. The appellate court vacated the automatic stay of the injunction, allowing it to remain in effect during the appeal, based on a
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310 F. Supp. 2d 1242·
S.D. Fla.·
2004-02-11
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The court held that it lacks jurisdiction to review the executive branch's repatriation decisions for Cuban nationals interdicted on the high seas or in territorial waters.
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299 F. Supp. 2d 1295·
S.D. Fla.·
2003-12-23
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The court held that excluding a religious viewpoint on Christmas from a holiday display event, while allowing secular and commercial viewpoints, violates the First Amendment's Free Speech Clause. However, the proposed religious display must be modified to avoid an Establishment C
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The court held that Florida's amended statutes authorizing a preferred drug list and prior authorization program do not conflict with federal Medicaid law and thus are not preempted.
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The court held that habeas corpus is not the exclusive remedy for parolees challenging their conditions of release, and that exhaustion of administrative remedies is not always required. Therefore, the court has jurisdiction over the action.
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165 F. Supp. 2d 1322·
M.D. Fla.·
2001-07-25
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A municipal zoning code that fails to provide procedural safeguards for timely decisions and prompt judicial review of applications for adult theaters constitutes an unconstitutional prior restraint on First Amendment rights.
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143 F. Supp. 2d 1331·
M.D. Fla.·
2001-04-13
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The court held that the St. Johns County Sign Ordinance's permitting provisions likely constitute an unconstitutional prior restraint on free speech due to the lack of specified time limits for decision-making and consequences for delay.
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70 F. Supp. 2d 1296·
S.D. Fla.·
1998-10-16
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The court held that plaintiffs have demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on the merits regarding the INS's alleged systematic failure to follow its own regulations for evaluating medical waivers, thus warranting a preliminary injunction.
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1 F. Supp. 2d 1426·
M.D. Fla.·
1998-01-20
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The court granted a preliminary injunction against the teaching of the Bible History II curriculum, finding a substantial likelihood of success on the merits that it violates the Establishment Clause, but denied the injunction for the Bible History I curriculum, finding the secul
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975 F. Supp. 1333·
M.D. Fla.·
1997-08-27
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White's Place, Inc., operator of an adult entertainment establishment called The Gold Club, sought a preliminary injunction against the City of Jacksonville and Sheriff Glover to prevent enforcement of the Jacksonville Adult Entertainment and Services Code, alleging the ordinance
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990 F. Supp. 1406·
S.D. Fla.·
1997-02-13
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The court affirmed the magistrate judge's recommendation to grant Shell's motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that Shell was likely to succeed on the merits and would suffer irreparable harm.
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933 F. Supp. 1077·
S.D. Fla.·
1996-07-09
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The court held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the Lanham Act claims because the defendant's petition drive did not constitute 'use in commerce' as defined by the Act, and therefore declined supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claim.
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868 F. Supp. 1361·
M.D. Fla.·
1994-10-11
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The court held that it would not issue a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction because plaintiffs had not shown a substantial likelihood of success on the merits and because abstention was appropriate pending a local zoning board decision.
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751 F. Supp. 1323·
M.D. Fla.·
1994-03-31
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The court held that the D'Oench, Duhme doctrine and 12 U.S.C. § 1823(e) barred the plaintiffs' claims based on alleged unwritten promises for end loan financing, and also defeated the plaintiffs' affirmative defenses to the FDIC's counterclaims.
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853 F. Supp. 404·
S.D. Fla.·
1993-11-23
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The court held that plaintiffs failed to establish a substantial likelihood of success on the merits for any of their claims, thus denying their emergency motion for a temporary restraining order.
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994 F.2d 160·
5th Cir.·
1993-06-16
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The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in granting a preliminary injunction against school-sponsored prayer and in denying intervention to Rutherford Institute.
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977 F.2d 86·
3d Cir.·
1992-10-13
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The court held that Campbell failed to make a clear showing of immediate irreparable harm, which is required for a preliminary injunction.
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812 F. Supp. 1193·
N.D. Fla.·
1992-07-29
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The court held that the plaintiff's proposed high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplant (HDC-ABMT) using the I.C.E. drug combination is 'experimental' under the terms of her insurance policy, and therefore not covered.
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909 F.2d 59·
2d Cir.·
1990-07-13
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The court held that a preliminary injunction was improperly granted because the plaintiff's oral dealership agreement claim is likely barred by the New York statute of frauds due to inconsistent representations about its duration.
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894 F.2d 464·
1st Cir.·
1990-01-17
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The court held that the district court erred in issuing a preliminary injunction because the union failed to demonstrate irreparable harm, as the status quo could be substantially restored by an arbitrator's award.
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The court held that the Comptroller's interpretation of the McFadden Act, defining 'state bank' by function rather than state label, is a reasonable exercise of authority consistent with the doctrine of competitive equality.
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The court held that the plaintiff demonstrated a substantial likelihood of prevailing on its due process claim and equitable estoppel claim, justifying a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the zoning ordinance as interpreted.
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683 F. Supp. 791·
S.D. Fla.·
1988-03-31
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The court held that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate sufficiently serious questions going to the merits to justify a preliminary injunction, as the franchisor's termination of the lease was based on the franchisee's failure to comply with a reasonable and material provision re
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676 F. Supp. 244·
S.D. Fla.·
1988-01-08
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The court denied the application for a preliminary injunction, finding that the plaintiffs failed to establish entitlement to such relief.
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552 F. Supp. 255·
S.D. Fla.·
1987-06-22
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The court held that plaintiffs were entitled to due process, including notice and a hearing, before the USDA could implement emergency interim regulations allowing the importation of Persian limes from Mexico, as their property interests were at stake.
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550 F. Supp. 1206·
S.D. Fla.·
1982-11-10
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Fund for Animals sought to enjoin a controlled deer hunt in Florida's Conservation Area 3A, claiming violations of federal environmental statutes including the Endangered Species Act. The court held that the hunt did not constitute a "taking" of endangered species under the Endan
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The court held that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a substantial likelihood of prevailing on its federal preemption claim, thus denying the motion for a preliminary injunction.
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The court affirmed the district court's preliminary injunction, finding that the plaintiffs had established a strong claim to the wreck site and that the defendants' interference was unwarranted.
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The court held that the plaintiff was unlikely to prevail on the merits of its claims for a preliminary injunction, as yellow page advertising is not a public utility function and the defendant's refusal to publish certain trade names was not a violation of state or federal law.
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11th Cir.·
2026-10-26
A case challenging campaign finance restrictions becomes moot when the election at issue has concluded and the plaintiff's preferred candidate has lost, as federal courts cannot provide meaningful relief after the electoral event has passed.
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11th Cir.·
2026-08-05
Standing is determined as of the time the complaint is filed, and post-filing events such as unenrollment are analyzed under mootness doctrine, not standing doctrine; therefore, students who unenrolled after filing suit retain standing for both damages and injunctive relief claim
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11th Cir.·
2026-08-04
The district court lacked authority to issue a universal injunction against enforcement of Florida's Protection of Children Act because universal injunctions exceed a federal court's equitable authority under the Judiciary Act, as established in Trump v. CASA, Inc., and no except
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11th Cir.·
2026-07-07
The Individual Freedom Act's prohibition on university professors endorsing eight specified viewpoints relating to race, sex, and national origin violates the First Amendment as applied to public university professors. Garcetti v. Ceballos does not extend to classroom speech by u
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11th Cir.·
2026-06-11
A childcare provider dismissed from a state voucher program for failing to comply with an on-site audit is not entitled to a pre-deprivation hearing under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Under the Mathews v. Eldridge balancing test, the provider's private inte
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The Florida Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to grant a constitutional writ to intervene in a First District Court of Appeal's pending appeal of a trial court's order denying a temporary injunction, as the doctrine of all writs does not provide an independent basis for the Court'
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11th Cir.·
2026-03-23
Florida's SB 1084 banning the manufacture and sale of lab-grown meat is not preempted by the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act because it does not regulate the premises, facilities, operations, or ingredients of poultry processors. Although Upside has a cause of action in e
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NEC Fund VI, a lender to Hecate Holdings, seeks a preliminary injunction to recover $75 million in settlement proceeds from Hecate's settlement with Repsol over a put option dispute. Although the court found NEC likely to succeed on breach of contract claims, it denied the prelim
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The court affirmed and adopted the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, dismissing the plaintiff's amended complaint and denying her emergency demand for a preliminary injunction.
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The court held that the plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction failed to meet the necessary legal and procedural requirements.
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The court held that the first-filed rule applies, requiring transfer of the second-filed suit to the first-filed forum for consolidation.
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M.D. Fla.·
2026-01-07
The court granted Plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction, converting a previously issued temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-12-31
The court denied the plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order and permanent injunction, finding he failed to establish the necessary elements for such relief.
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The court recommended denying the plaintiffs' Rule 60(b) motion and motion for injunction, finding the district court retains jurisdiction to deny such motions while an appeal is pending.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-12-23
The court granted the plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction, finding a substantial likelihood of success on claims for trademark infringement and breach of restrictive covenants.
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N.D. Fla.·
2025-12-23
Plaintiff's motions for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction are denied because she failed to demonstrate a substantial likelihood of success on the merits.
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Fla. 1st DCA·
2025-12-23
An order granting summary judgment on some counts of a multi-count complaint, while expressly withholding entry of final judgment pending resolution of remaining claims, is not appealable as a non-final order under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(B) or (C)(ii) bec
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S.D. Fla.·
2025-12-12
The district court adopted and affirmed the magistrate judge's report and recommendation denying Jetchill Ltd's motion for preliminary injunction against Shenzhen Jiarui Minghui Trading Co., Ltd and Explonova Store. The court found no error in the magistrate judge's analysis and
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-12-11
The court denied the plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction because he failed to meet the required legal standards and procedural requirements.
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The Shaping Academy sought preliminary injunctive relief and temporary restraining order against Aetna Behavioral Health LLC. The district court, adopting the magistrate judge's recommendation without objection, denied the preliminary injunction motion, granted defendant's motion