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Christine Jordan SextonMarch 2, 2015

First District Court of Appeal Judge Nikki Ann Clark is retiring effective June 1. In an interview with Florida Politics, Clark said she has been a judge 22 years and before that worked as an attorney for 17 years. “That’s enough,” said Clark, 63. “It’s time to turn that page and start that new chapter.” […]

Christine Jordan SextonNovember 6, 2014

A Tallahassee appellate court on Thursday affirmed an order requiring Florida Hospital Orlando to repay $22,138.34 to the state for unnecessary medical services for 14 Medicaid patients. In reaching its unanimous opinion a three-member panel of the First District Court of Appeal rejected the hospital’s argument that the state reviewed Medicaid patient files to determine […]

Martin DyckmanSeptember 28, 2014

“If the law says that,” said Mr. Bumble, “the law is a ass, a idiot.” — Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist Florida’s First District Court of Appeal sits in splendid isolation in a Tallahassee suburb, five and a half miles from the Capitol, housed in a magnificent edifice nicknamed the Taj Mahal for the $50 million […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 14, 2014

Democracy in Florida is still a work in progress, even as to the basic principle that every citizen’s vote should count the same. It has been half a century since the U.S. Supreme Court put an end to rural rule by which legislators representing less than a fifth of Florida’s population held more than half […]

Martin DyckmanMay 27, 2014

Now you know — as if there was ever doubt — why the right wing is desperate to take over the Florida Supreme Court. Why there’s a constitutional amendment on the ballot to let Gov. Rick Scott pack the court if he is re-elected. The Supreme Court itself illustrated the reasons late Tuesday afternoon when […]

Julie DelegalMarch 2, 2014

Journalists at the Florida Times Union have set the Internet ablaze by publishing a Florida Department of Education database of teacher-evaluations information. The paper’s editors sued the state to force the release of the data and won their public records lawsuit that they filed in February of last year. While the paper lost at the district […]

Tag: First District Court of Appeal

1st DCA Judge Nikki Ann Clark announces June 1 retirement

Court sides with state and against Florida Hospital Orlando in Medicaid overpayment case

Martin Dyckman: Fla. Supreme Court must restore common sense in election dispute

Martin Dyckman: Fla. should adopt Iowa’s system for drawing political districts

Martin Dyckman: Right wing is desperate to control Fla. Supreme Court

Julie Delegal: Educators upset with state’s system for assessing teacher performance