Southern District of Florida Blog

The SDFLA Blog is dedicated to providing news and notes regarding federal practice in the Southern District of Florida. The New Times calls the blog "the definitive source on South Florida's federal court system." All tips on court happenings are welcome and will remain anonymous. Please email David Markus at dmarkus@markuslaw.com

Monday, March 27, 2017

Fane Lozman wants back in the Supreme Court

›
You all remember him -- he's the guy who won the floating home case.  Well, he's back.   From Curt Anderson : Four years ago, Fane...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

How would you answer this question?

›
While Gorsuch is being grilled on these important questions, Labor nominee Alex Acosta is quietly having his hearings.   From the Miami He...
1 comment:
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Shaniek Maynard is your new Ft. Pierce Magistrate

›
It's not official yet because she is undergoing her FBI background check.  But that should happen soon.  She grew up in Ft. Pierce an...
5 comments:
Sunday, March 19, 2017

"Respectfully, and reluctantly, I dissent."

›
That was Judge Jordan, dissenting in a death penalty case ( Madison vs. Alabama DOC ) in which Judge Martin writes for the majority (Wilson ...
1 comment:
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Baseball case ends in convictions

›
It was a very long trial and today the jury found both Bart Hernandez and Julio Estrada guilty. From the AP : MIAMI (AP) — A Miami jury o...
1 comment:
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Prosecutors behaving badly

›
This time it's in the Salomon Melgen trial in WPB, where the prosecutors elicited false testimony about uncharged conduct.  Although Jud...
4 comments:
Monday, March 13, 2017

NY Times piece on Alex Acosta

›
Labor nominee Alex Acosta's hearing has been pushed off a few days to allow the chair of the committee to attend a Trump rally.  Acosta ...
2 comments:
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Check out this powerful dissent by Judge Rosenbaum

›
The case is Jameka Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital . Judge Rosenbaum's powerful dissent start's out this way: A woman should be...
2 comments:
‹
›
Home
View web version

Contributors

  • David Oscar Markus
  • John R. Byrne
  • Jordi C. Martínez-Cid
Powered by Blogger.