Browse Florida Supreme Court's 2025 caseload. 23 opinions with AI-powered summaries, key holdings, and legal analysis.
Inevitable Discovery Doctrine Justifies Cell Phone Search
State of Florida v. Bryan Allen Repple, decided by Florida Supreme Court on December 30, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The State of Florida appealed a trial court's order suppressing evid...
Confession deemed involuntary, conviction reversed
Michael James Jackson v. State of Florida, decided by Florida Supreme Court on December 19, 2025, resulted in a reversed outcome. The core dispute centered on whether the defendant's confession was vo...
Florida Supreme Court Approves Rule 2.140 Amendment on Trust Notices
In Re: Amendment to Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.140, decided by Florida Supreme Court on December 18, 2025, resulted in a other outcome. The Florida Supreme Court ad...
Florida Supreme Court Approves Statewide Electronic Filing Rules
In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, decided by Florida Supreme Court on December 18, 2025, resulted in a other outcome. The Florida Supreme Court addres...
Florida Supreme Court Approves Some Bar Rule Amendments on Advertising
In Re: Amendments to Rules Regulating the Florida Bar - Chapter 3, decided by Florida Supreme Court on December 18, 2025, resulted in a mixed outcome. This case concerns proposed amendments to the Rul...
Florida Supreme Court Amends Attorney Advertising Rules
In Re: Amendments to Rules Regulating the Florida Bar - Rule 4-8.6, decided by Florida Supreme Court on December 18, 2025, resulted in a other outcome. The Florida Supreme Court considered amendments ...
Prior Bad Acts Admissible to Show Modus Operandi in Assault Case
Michael H. Hunt v. State of Florida, decided by Florida Supreme Court on December 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Michael H. Hunt, challenged his conviction for aggravate...
Confession deemed involuntary, conviction reversed
Michael James Jackson v. State of Florida, decided by Florida Supreme Court on December 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute centered on whether the defendant's confession w...
Florida PACE Funding Agency's financing method upheld against constitutional challenge
State Attorneys for the Second, Seventh and Ninth Judicial Circuits v. Florida Pace Funding Agency, Etc.; Alachua County Tax Collector v. Florida Pace Funding Agency; Palm Beach County, Florida v. Flo...
Appeals Court Affirms Convictions for Sexual Battery and Lewd Conduct
Frank A. Walls v. State of Florida & Frank A. Walls v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, decided by Florida Supreme Court on December 11, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case conso...
Court Rules Bank One Did Not Violate FDCPA or FCCPA
Linda Loumpos v. Bank One, decided by Florida Supreme Court on December 11, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Linda Loumpos, sued Bank One for alleged violations of the Fair De...
Probation no-contact provision exception denial does not violate due process
David Kelsey Sparre v. State of Florida, decided by Florida Supreme Court on December 4, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, David Kelsey Sparre, sued the State of Florida allegi...
Appellate court affirms trial court's decision against FAU's lease termination
Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees v. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation, Inc., decided by Florida Supreme Court on December 4, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The ...
Florida Supreme Court Approves Legislative Amendments to Criminal Procedure Rules
In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure - 2025 Legislation, decided by Florida Supreme Court on November 26, 2025, resulted in a other outcome. The Florida Supreme Court reviewed ...
Florida Supreme Court Dismisses Certification for Additional Judges
In Re: Certification of Need for Additional Judges, decided by Florida Supreme Court on November 26, 2025, resulted in a dismissed outcome. The Florida Supreme Court addressed the process for certifyi...
Florida Supreme Court Disbars Attorney for Misappropriation and Dishonesty
The Florida Bar v. Robert Michael Fojo, decided by Florida Supreme Court on November 26, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Florida Bar sought to disbar Robert Michael Fojo for numerous et...
Florida Supreme Court Approves Bar Rule Amendments on Attorney Conduct
In Re: Amendments to Rules Regulating the Florida Bar - Rules 6-3.5 and 6-3.6, decided by Florida Supreme Court on November 20, 2025, resulted in a other outcome. The Florida Supreme Court considered ...
Florida Supreme Court Approves Amendments to Offer of Judgment Rule
In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442 and Forms 1.902 and 1.938, decided by Florida Supreme Court on November 13, 2025, resulted in a other outcome. The Florida Supreme Court addr...
Florida Supreme Court Approves Amendments to Criminal Procedure Rule 3.992
In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.992, decided by Florida Supreme Court on November 13, 2025, resulted in a other outcome. The Florida Supreme Court considered amendments to Ru...
Florida Supreme Court Approves Rule Amendments on Defaults
In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.440 and 1.500, decided by Florida Supreme Court on November 13, 2025, resulted in a other outcome. The Florida Supreme Court addressed proposed ...
Florida Supreme Court Approves Mandatory E-Filing Rules
In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, decided by Florida Supreme Court on November 13, 2025, resulted in a other outcome. The Florida Supreme Court consid...
Florida appeals court affirms denial of inmate's motions
Richard Barry Randolph v. State of Florida & Richard Barry Randolph v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, decided by Florida Supreme Court on November 13, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome....
Appeals Court Affirms Convictions, Denies New Trial Motion
Bryan Fredrick Jennings v. State of Florida & Bryan Fredrick Jennings v. State of Florida & Bryan Fredrick Jennings v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, decided by Florida Supreme Court on Novembe...
CaseLawBrief tracks 23 opinions from Florida Supreme Court in 2025. This includes published and unpublished decisions.
The most common legal topics were: Florida Rules Of General Practice And Judicial Administration (3 cases), Voluntariness Of Confessions (2 cases), Totality Of The Circumstances Test For Confessions (2 cases), Florida Rules Of Professional Conduct (2 cases), Attorney Advertising (2 cases).
Outcomes: Defendant Win: 11, Reversed: 1, Other: 9, Mixed: 1, Dismissed: 1.