Miami-Dade School Board Wins First Amendment Ruling
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled in favor of the Miami-Dade County School Board in a suit brought by two administrators who claimed their First Amendment rights were violated.
Alberto Fernandez, principal, and Henny Cristobol, assistant principal, claimed they were demoted and disciplined for their efforts to turn the historic Neva King Campbell Educational... [...]
Miami-Dade Attorneys Trade Barbs in $11.4 Billion Bitcoin Lawsuit
Neither side is holding back in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit playing out in federal court in Miami-Dade. Their pleadings are relentless — 52 in the last five months — and riddled with barbs in what has become one of the most visible fights over bitcoin in the United States.
Now, it is up to U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom to decide whether the complaint will... [...]
A Broward Sheriff’s bailiff accused of threatening behavior toward courthouse colleagues was temporarily relieved of duty and his 67 firearms were taken by law enforcement, the agency said Tuesday.
In court documents, Franklin Joseph Pinter was described as making threats toward other bailiffs. In May, one bailiff alleged that while delivering documents to Pinter’s courtroom, Pinter told him the defendants weren’t there and that he... [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A civil rights group filed suit Thursday against a Florida sheriff and school district, claiming that juvenile suspects are unjustly kept in solitary confinement without cause and denied a proper education as they await trial as adults.
The Human Rights Defense Center filed suit in federal court against Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and the county school district on behalf of three boys who are 16... [...]
