Labor, Employment and Civil Rights Litigation
American Fed. of State v. Florida Pub. Emp. Rel., 430 So. 2d 481 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983)
[legality of union’s waiver of statutory rights]
Branca v. City of Miramar, 634 So. 2d 604 (Fla. 1994)
[enforceability of ordinance providing for pension to mayor]
Branca v. City of Miramar, 602 So. 2d 1374 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992)
[enforceability of ordinance providing for pension to mayor]
Chernov v. City of Hollywood, 819 F. Supp. 1070 (S.D. Fla. 1993)
[civil rights claim; violation of First Amendment right to free speech]
City of North Miami v. Kurtz, 653 So. 2d 1025 (Fla. 1995)
[restraint on hiring smokers]
Dade County Police Benevolent Ass’n v. City of Homestead, 642 So. 2d 24 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994)
[arbitration report found patently ambiguous for finding just cause and that penalty was too excessive and severe]
Dade County Police Benevolent Ass’n v. Town of Surfside, 721 So. 2d 746 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
[internal affairs investigation documents not hearsay on issue of investigator’s motivation]
Davis v. City of Hollywood, 120 F.3d 1178 (11th Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 523 U.S. 1133
[entitlement to past due overtime wages]
Estep v. City of Hollywood, 5 Fla. L. Weekly 430 (Fla. 17th Cir. Ct. 1998)
[dismissal, estoppel]
Fla. Lodge, Frat. Order of Police v. City of Hialeah, 815 F.2d 631 (11th Cir. 1987)
[due process claim relating to collective bargaining]
Fusaro v. Hialeah Housing Auth., 33 F. Supp. 2d 1354 (S.D. Fla. 1999), aff’d 232 F.3d 213 (11th Cir. 2000)
[discrimination and retaliation]
Hames v. City of Miami, 2008 WL 2097659 (11th Cir. May 20, 2008)
Hames v. City of Miami Firefighters’ & Police Officers’ Trust, 980 So. 2d 1112 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008)
Leonard v. Carmichael Properties & Mgmt. Co., Inc., 614 F. Supp. 1182 (D.C. Fla. 1985)
[Fair Labor Standards Act]
Leonardi v. City of Hollywood, 715 So. 2d 1007 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
[upholding bar or promissory estoppel claim against city]
Melton v. Gunter, 773 F.2d 1548 (1985)
[constitutional law; pensions issues]
Metropolitan Dade County v. Craven, 458 So. 2d 1145 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984)
[employee discipline]
Metropolitan Dade County v. Sokolowski, 439 So. 2d 932 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), pet. for rev. denied, 450 So. 2d 488 (Fla. 1984)
[employee discipline; due process]
Metropolitan Dade County v. Taddia, 378 So. 2d 804 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980)
[workers’ compensation]
Paschal v. Florida Dept. of Labor, 456 U.S. 981(1982)
[unemployment compensation]
Perry v. Metro. Dade County, 427 So. 2d 295 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983)
[witness fee]
Rodriguez v. City of Hialeah, 716 F. Supp. 1425 (S.D. Fla. 1989)
[civil rights claim; race discrimination due to accent]
Southern Records & Tape Service v. Goldman, 458 So. 2d 325 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984), aff’d 502 So. 2d 413 (Fla. 1986)
[enforcement of employment discrimination ordinance]
Williams v. Florida Mem’l College, 453 So. 2d 541 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984)
[breach of employment contract]
Governmental Law
Abrams v. Reno, 452 F. Supp. 1166 (1978)
[constitutional law; elections]
Batten v. Metro. Dade County, 41 Fla. Supp. 2d 192 (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct. 1990)
[special taxing district; elections]
City of Miami v. Tarafa Construction, Inc., 696 So. 2d 1275 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)
[sovereign immunity]
City of Miami adv. McGrath, et al., 824 So. 2d 143 (Fla. 2002)
[constitutionality of state’s parking surcharge statute]
Dade County Police v. Metro. Dade County, 452 So. 2d 6 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984)
[health insurance plans]
Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services v. Loskev, 599 So. 2d 153(Fla. 5th DCA 1992)
[constitutional right to counsel in dependency cases and county fiscal responsibility]
Fla. Water & Utilities v. Cutler Ridge Ass’n, 376 So. 2d 273 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979)
[utilities dispute]
GLA and Assoc. v. City of Boca Raton, 2003 WL 21658472 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003)
[scope of state law preemption over coastal construction regulation]
Key Colony No. 1 Condo. Ass’n, Inc. v. Village of Key Biscayne, 651 So. 2d 779 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995)
[appellants failed to overcome presumption of correctness of Village’s findings underlying the assessment]
Legal Envtl. Assistance Found., Inc. v. Bd. of County Comm’r of Brevard County, 10 F.3d 1579 (11th Cir. 1994)
[EPA Safe Drinking Water Act and DEP authority over county deep water injection well permitting]
First Union Nat’l Bank of Florida v. Ford, 636 So. 2d 523 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993)
[taxation of county government center financed by lease/purchase certificates of participation]
Real Estate, Zoning and Land Use
Bal Harbour Village v. City of North Miami, 678 So. 2d 356 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996)
[upheld ordinance]
Coral Way Prop., Ltd. v. Roses, 565 So. 2d (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
[enforcement of commercial lease]
Metropolitan Dade County v. Blumenthal, 675 So. 2d 610 (Fla. 3d DCA) (en banc), rev. dism., 680 So. 2d 421 (Fla. 1996)
[competence of neighbor testimony]
Metropolitan Dade County v. Sunlink Corp., 642 So. 2d 551 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994) (en banc), rev. den., 651 So. 2d 1196 (Fla. 1995)
[enforceability of covenant]
Metropolitan Dade County v. Timinsky, 598 So. 2d 266 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992)
Metropolitan Dade County v. Timinsky, 579 So. 2d 356 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991)
Pichette v. City of North Miami, 642 So. 2d 1165 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994)
[standing to challenge zoning ordinance]
Post Tensioned Eng. Corp. v. Fairways Plaza Assoc., 412 So. 2d 871 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982)
[enforceability of arbitration clause in construction contract]
Post Tensioned Eng. Corp. v. Fairways Plaza Assoc., 429 So. 2d 1212 (Fla. 3d DCA. 1983)
[enforceability of arbitration clause in construction contract]
Simon v. Florida Mem’l College, 498 So. 2d 459 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986)
[enforceability of commercial lease]
S&T Anchorage, Inc. v. Lewis, 575 So. 2d 696 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991)
[waterfront rights]
Sun Cruz Casinos v. City of Hollywood, 844 So. 2d 681 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003)
[scope of “accessory use” and estoppel against enforcement zoning code]
Swerdlow v. Dep’t of Cmty. Affairs, 2007 WL 2253612 (Fla. Div. Admin. Hrgs. August 6, 2007)
Tesaurus Holdings, Inc. v. Village of Key Biscayne, 761 So. 2d 397(Fla. 3d DCA 2000), rev. denied, 790 So. 2d 1108 (Fla. 2001)
[ability of local government to require renewed consideration of master plan consistency]
Village of Key Biscayne v. Dade County, 627 So. 2d 1180 (Fla. 3d DCA), rev. denied, 639 So. 2d 976 (Fla. 1994)
[consistency between development order and master plan]
Village of Key Biscayne v. Dept. of Community Affairs, 696 So. 2d 495 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)
[validity of amendment to master plan]
General Litigation
B.G.H. Ins. v. Presidential Fire & Cas., 549 So. 2d 197 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)
[dissolution of injunction regarding letter of credit]
Burger King Corp. v. Lee, 766 F. Supp. 1149 (S.D. Fla. 1991)
[injunctive relief due to violation of franchise agreement]
Carpenter. v. Community Bank of Homestead, 710 So. 2d 65 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
[fiduciary relationship]
Cordero v. Capital Bank, 693 So. 2d 720 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)
[logical relationship test for compulsory counterclaims]
Iskcon Miami, Inc. v. Metro. Dade County, 147 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 1998)
[First Amendment freedom of speech]
Lewis v. S&T Anchorage, Inc., 616 So. 2d 478 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993)
[stipulation is binding on parties and court]
Matalon v. Greifman, 509 So. 2d 985 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987)
[appeal of jury verdict finding negligence regarding consignment of diamonds]
Miller v. Universal Studios, 650 F.2d 1365 (11th Cir. 1981)
[copyright infringement]
Ortega v. Christian, 85 F.3d 1521 (11th Cir. 1996)
[false arrest]
PDA Realty, Inc. v. City of Hollywood, 663 So. 2d 11 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995)
Rozos v. Noe, 119 F.3d 9 (11th Cir. 1997)
Sansbury v. City of Orlando, 654 So. 2d 965 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995)
[upholding juvenile curfew]
Sterling Crest, LTD v. Citicorp Real Estate, Inc., 613 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993)
Elections/Special Taxing Districts
Batten v. Metro. Dade County, 41 Fla. Supp. 2d 192 (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct. 1990)
Bankruptcy
In Re: Inn On The Bay, Ltd., 154 B.R. 364 (S.D. Fla. 1993)
Miami Center Liquidating Trust v. Dade County, 75 B.R. 61 (S.D. Fla.), dism., Case No. 87-5528 (11th Cir. 1987)
