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Gray RohrerMay 23, 2024

'We hold that binding Fourth Amendment precedent permits a K-9 officer arriving midway through a lawful traffic stop to command the driver to exit the vehicle for officer safety before conducting a lawful vehicle sweep.'

Jesse SchecknerJanuary 25, 2023

Judges, court staff and lawyers in the district have been without a proper courthouse for more than half a decade.

Peter SchorschDecember 8, 2022

It was a long road to get here.

Associated PressSeptember 11, 2021

Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Stephen Grimes died Friday in Tallahassee, the court said in a news release. He was 97. Republican Gov. Bob Martinez appointed Grimes to the Supreme Court in 1987, and he served until 1997. He was chief justice from 1994 to 1996, during which he authorized the court to establish […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJuly 30, 2020

The district includes 14 Florida counties.

Phil AmmannNovember 9, 2018

In a case stemming from wastewater spilling into Tampa Bay during a 2004 hurricane, a state appeals court Friday said commercial fishermen cannot pursue a lawsuit against Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC as a class action. Fishermen filed the lawsuit against Mosaic because a dike at company holding pond in Hillsborough County was breached during Hurricane Frances, […]

Martin DyckmanSeptember 8, 2014

Every judge gets a robe and a gavel. Until now, it has not been thought necessary to include barbecue mitts in the kit. But it seems some judges need them. Consider the hot-potato handling in the Tampa divorce case of Mariama Monique Changamire Shaw vs. Keiba Lynn Shaw. Married legally in Massachusetts in 2010, they […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 23, 2014

Rick Scott needs to hear from Sandra Day O’Connor. Not that he’d listen. The retired justice, who must surely regret what has happened to the U.S. Supreme Court since she left, is devoting her time now to fighting for the independence of the judiciary. She has become a prominent and oft-spoken critic of what she […]

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Florida Supreme Court rules drivers can be ordered out of vehicles for drug sweeps

Judges request $9M more for stalled 2th District Court of Appeal project in St. Pete

Bernie McCabe 2nd DCA to break ground

Former Florida high court Chief Justice Stephen Grimes dies at 97

Suzanne Labrit appointed to 2nd District Court of Appeal

Mosaic gets legal win; class action blocked in Hurricane Frances spill

Martin Dyckman: Same-sex divorce too hot to handle for many Florida judges

Martin Dyckman: Scott threatens the independence of Florida’s judiciary