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A panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal upheld an Orange County circuit judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit in which bars sought damages for what is known as “inverse condemnation.”

An unlicensed woman fined for offering dietary advice contends that the state violated her speech rights. A appellate panel ruled against her, but her attorneys want the full court to hear the case.

The state's 1st District Court of Appeal detailed reasons for upholding a circuit judge's decision to reject efforts by the family of a dying patient at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals approved a joint motion from the parties to dismiss the case. The motion and the dismissal did not explain the reasons.

The panel ruled a federal judge in Louisiana went too far in issuing a nationwide stay. As a result, the injunction continues to apply to 14 states involved in the case, but not other states such as Florida.

A jury awarded damages to the estate of Janice Hamilton, a smoker who died of lung cancer. But R.J. Reynolds argued in the appeal that a circuit judge improperly allowed a hearsay statement.

The 1st District Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal filed by Leon County GOP Chairman Evan Power after a circuit judge rejected the challenge in July.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will be asked to decide whether Florida Blue violated antitrust laws by preventing agents from selling policies for rival Oscar Insurance.

A federal appeals court this week tossed out a ruling that said a decades-old Florida law about how candidates should be listed on the ballot is unconstitutional. The law gives top billing to candidates who have the same political party as the governor.

The Florida Department of Health on Wednesday quickly asked an appeals court to review a decision that could clear the way for patients to smoke medical...

A divided appeals court Wednesday sided with the Florida Department of Health in a dispute about the repeal of a regulation in the Children's Medical...

More than a decade after the Florida Supreme Court opened the floodgates for lawsuits against tobacco companies, an Atlanta-based appeals court this...