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Miami-Dade: Criminal courthouse is at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building, 1351 NW 12th St.. Courthouse for civil cases is in downtown Miami at 73 W. Flagler St.. Federal courthouse is at 400 ...
The court's jurisdiction comprises the nine counties of Broward, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie. The district includes the South Florida metropolitan area of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. It comprises 15,197 square miles (39,360 km 2) and approximately 6.3 million people.
Liggett Group (2003) (Gersten, J.) Text of the Court of Appeal decision Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine: This ruling was overturned in 2006 by the Florida Supreme Court which ordered decertification of a class action lawsuit against big tobacco companies that effectively reversed the largest punitive damage jury award, $145 billion ...
The circuit courts primarily handle felony criminal cases; family law matters; civil cases where the amount in controversy is greater than $50,000; probate, guardianship, and mental health cases; juvenile dependency and delinquency cases; and appeals of decisions in certain administrative, noncriminal infractions, and other types of cases. [3]
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said she will request that the jury "look at what steps we can take to safeguard our residents." Prosecutor to ask grand jury to investigate ...
Federal civil-rights lawyers sued Miami-Dade in 2011, alleging the jail system provided shoddy mental-health care for inmates and wasn’t taking the right steps to prevent suicides behind bars.
Three DCAs were initially created, with the Third District Court of Appeal was given jurisdiction over cases arising from Dade and Monroe counties. The Fourth DCA was created in 1965; the Fifth DCA was created in 1979; and Sixth District Courts of Appeal was created in 2023. [2]
A Miami-Dade jury late Thursday night spared the life of a man sentenced to death 14 years ago for the execution-style murder of five people in a Little Haiti apartment almost three decades ago.