FLORIDA, USA — Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeals struck down the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms Wednesday, ruling the law unconstitutional across Florida. The ruling means law enforcement can no longer arrest or prosecute law-abiding ...

An appeals-court decision this month striking down the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms has affected another law establishing places where guns are off-limits, according to law-enforcement officials and some gun-rights proponents. Attorney General ...

From worst. To best. Florida courts have done an amazing 180 on First Amendment access. It started with a tour through Florida in 2020 when Courthouse News bureau chief Ryan Abbott serpentined his way from Key West to the Panhandle. In the tiny town of ...

A Florida appeals court has revived a mold contractor's assignment-of-benefits claim against Universal Property and Casualty over allegedly defective AOB paperwork.

Siding with medical-marijuana patients in a Florida case, an appeals court on Wednesday found that federal restrictions barring pot patients from buying and using guns appears to run afoul of the Second Amendment. The federal government “failed to meet ...

TALLAHASSEE — After Florida lawmakers in 2022 reorganized the state’s appeals courts, House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, is pushing to consolidate circuit courts. A committee appointed by Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos Muniz will hold ...

As the state faces the first legal test of its new congressional map, it’s arguing that upcoming elections are too close to make any more changes. On Friday, a Tallahassee judge heard arguments from groups pushing to temporarily block Florida’s redistricting move ahead of the midterm elections.

A Florida court dismissed a school speed zone camera ticket, raising questions about whether the devices are legally approved for use statewide.