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The Florida circuit courts are state courts and trial courts [1] of original jurisdiction for most controversies. In Florida, the circuit courts are one of four types of courts created by the Florida Constitution (the other three being the Florida Supreme Court, Florida district courts of appeal, and Florida county courts). [2]
Taylor County is a county located in the Big Bend region in the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census , the population was 21,796. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Perry . [ 2 ]
The Florida State Courts System consists of: The Florida State Supreme Court; Six District Courts of Appeal, which are the state's intermediate appellate courts; 20 circuit courts, which handle civil cases involving more than $50,000 and criminal felony cases; and. 67 county courts (one for each of Florida's 67 counties), which handle civil ...
Frances Ann Jamieson (1960): [76] First female lawyer in Brevard County, Florida. Cathleen B. Clarke: [77] First African American (female) judge in Brevard County, Florida (1998) Angeline Weir (1960): [27] First female County Solicitor in Broward County, Florida. She was also the first female President of the Broward County Bar Association ...
Charles O. Andrews, Jr. 1965–1967 Sherman N. Smith, Jr. 1965–1967 James H. Walden 1965–1976 \ 1982–1990 Spencer C. Cross 1967–1979 David L. McCain
Thomas J. "T.J." Reddick Jr.: [61] [62] First African American male to serve as a circuit court judge in Broward County, Florida (1972) [63] Zebedee Wright: [64] First African American male appointed as a County Court Judge in Broward County, Florida (1982) Robert Lee: [65] First openly LGBT male judge in Broward County, Florida (1997)
Courts of Florida include: Headquarters of the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee. State courts of Florida. Florida Supreme Court [1] District courts of appeal (6 districts) [2] Circuit courts (20 judicial circuits) [3] County courts (67 courts, one for each county) [4] Federal courts located in Florida. United States District Court for the ...
Devon M. Sayers, Sara Weisfeldt and Emma Tucker, CNN. July 31, 2024 at 5:16 PM. A White woman who falsely accused four Black men of rape in the Jim Crow-era South in 1949 has died at the age of 92 ...