1st District Court of Appeal

Attorney General Ashley Moody wanted the Florida Supreme Court to resolve a legal battle about whether local agencies could pursue lawsuits after she reached settlements with the pharmaceutical industry.

The 1st District Court of Appeal quickly denied a request filed by Floridians Protecting Freedom, a political committee sponsoring the proposed constitutional amendment.

The request comes after a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by a minor seeking a waiver from a parental notification and consent requirement in state law.

The case involves information that a union, AFSCME Florida Council 79, mailed to state employees in 2020 after lawmakers approved a 3 percent pay increase in the state budget.

The university appealed after a judge refused to dismiss a potential class-action lawsuit that contends the school should refund fees to students who were forced to learn remotely.

The DeSantis administration has asked an appeals court to block challenges filed by five school boards against a Department of Health rule aimed at preventing student mask mandates.

Attorneys for a group of parents challenging the governor's executive order contend “immediate resolution” by the state's high court is needed because the school year is underway.

The state claims the trial judge substituted his "own health policy preferences or risk assessments for those of the governor or, more importantly, the state health officer and surgeon general.”

Tampa businessman Joe Redner has lost the latest round in his attempt to grow his own medical marijuana for juicing.

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