Category: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
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What’s going on with trial court ‘consolidation’? It looks a lot like Florida-style gerrymandering
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org A new push to “consolidate” Florida courts has people talking about politics — more precisely, about gerrymandering.
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Judge Cannon beat the odds to draw new Trump case; She also got free trip to posh Yellowstone resort from right-wing law school
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Twice in her short tenure as a federal judge in South Florida, Aileen Cannon has drawn two of the most historic cases in American history, both involving the man who appointed her to the court, former President Donald Trump.
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Months after her Trump indignity, U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon catches another political hot potato
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Many shed a tear when Miami federal judge Marcia Cooke died after a bout with cancer on Jan. 27. Not only was she the first black woman to become a judge in the Southern District of Florida, Cooke was also widely respected for her evenhandedness in court. Yet for ex-congressman David…
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Waging legal war to make Miami Springs comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act
By Francisco Alvarado FloridaBulldog.org For nearly five years, the City of Miami Springs has refused to make sidewalks and public parking spaces near a 60-year-old disabled resident’s home wheelchair accessible. Instead, the city has engaged in a legal war with Theodore Karantsalis by claiming he waited too long in taking action against Miami Springs over…