2nd District Court of Appeal

State law requires Florida Supreme Court justices and appeals court judges to stand for merit retention every six years. Voters get to decide in November if they should remain on the bench for another six-year term.

Citing the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures, the appeals court backed away from what it described as a “plain smell doctrine” related to cannabis.

A circuit judge granted summary judgment to the Sarasota County school board because of a sovereign-immunity law that required the case to be filed within four years of the last act of alleged abuse.

A three-judge panel of the 2nd District Court rejected a series of arguments raised by Michael Drejka, who was convicted of manslaughter in the July 2018 shooting of Markeis McGlockton.

Cases for the 2nd District Court of Appeal are currently heard in downtown Tampa and Lakeland.

State senators Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, and Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland each are seeking state money to build new courthouses in their respective counties.

A federal appeals court Wednesday rejected arguments of tobacco companies and upheld a $7.5 million verdict in favor of a longtime smoker who developed...

Despite objections from Polk County lawmakers, a House panel Wednesday approved a proposal to move the headquarters of the 2nd District Court of Appeal…

An appeals court Friday ruled that part of a 2003 state law directing Sarasota County to reimburse private hospitals for indigent care is...

Florida's highest court is being asked to rule on whether the state's ban on gay marriage is constitutional.A majority of judges with the state's 2nd…