RAILS TO TRAILS The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled on a case originating in Florida regarding the conversion of abandoned railroads to recreational uses. Over 100 property owners had sued seeking financial compensation when such a conversion occurred. In the state case, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of Read more about Legal Updates[…]
DOCS VERSUS GLOCKS The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled in a 2-1 vote to lift an injunction against the State enforcing the “docs vs. glocks” law passed in 2011. The law prohibits doctors from asking patients about gun ownership and placing such information into medical records. The Court has determined that Read more about Legal Update[…]
SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM Leon County’s Chief Circuit Judge, Charles Francis, tossed out a lawsuit aimed at blocking the expansion of Florida’s school voucher program. The expansion allows middle income families, beginning in 2016, to receive partial vouchers and removes a requirement that students attend a public school immediately prior to receiving a voucher. After the ruling Read more about Legal Updates[…]
FLORIDA-GEORGIA WATER DISPUTE The decades-long dispute between Florida and Georgia over water rights is heading to the Supreme Court. Florida continues to assert that Georgia illegally diverts water from the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers, depriving the Apalachicola Bay of needed fresh water. Unable to resolve the conflict under the provisions of a 1997 pact between Alabama, Read more about Legal Updates[…]
GAY MARRIAGE APPEAL Attorney General Pam Bondi formally appealed several recent court decisions in Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties that ruled Florida’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional. In 2008, Florida voters approved an amendment to the Constitution banning gay marriage, which is her basis for the appeals. Bondi has asked judges to delay their rulings Read more about Legal Updates[…]