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anti-SLAPP motion in Florida

6 Florida opinions name it 2 courts 2022–2025 6 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Florida courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Rodriguez v. Miami-Dade Countygreen
fla · 2013 · cited in 2 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2023–2025
2 sentences

2025See San Perdido Ass’n, Inc., 104 So. 3d at 358 (Canady, J., dissenting) (concluding that statutory immunity from suit could support certiorari review); Rodriguez, 117 So. 3d at 410 (Canady, J., concurring in result only) (“[T]he erroneous continuation of legal proceedings against the immune governmental -9- entity constitutes irreparable harm because the full benefit of the legal immunity from suit cannot be restored on appeal.”).

2023In that case, after explaining that “[t]he general rule is that the continuation of litigation ‘does not constitute irreparable harm’ for purposes of seeking certiorari review,” id. at 558 (quoting Rodriguez v. Miami-Dade Cnty., 117 So. 3d 400, 405 (Fla. 2013)), the court reasoned that “the proper course is for the [supreme] court to amend the non-final appeal rule, not to expand certiorari jurisdiction.” Id. at 560.

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Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services v. Mendezgreen
fladistctapp · 2012 · cited in 2 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
2 sentences

2024Fla. Dep’t of Agric. & Consumer Servs. v. Mendez, 98 So. 3d 604, 608 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012) (“Part of the preservation requirement is the securing of a ruling, and the Palm Beach County class has not secured one.”); Hamilton v. R.L.

2024Fla. Dep’t of Agric. & Consumer Servs. v. Mendez, 98 So. 3d 604, 608 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012) (“Part of the preservation requirement is the securing of a ruling, and the Palm Beach County class has not secured one.”); Hamilton v. R.L.

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Citizens Property Insurance Corp. v. San Perdido Ass'ngreen
fla · 2012 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
1 sentence

2025See San Perdido Ass’n, Inc., 104 So. 3d at 358 (Canady, J., dissenting) (concluding that statutory immunity from suit could support certiorari review); Rodriguez, 117 So. 3d at 410 (Canady, J., concurring in result only) (“[T]he erroneous continuation of legal proceedings against the immune governmental -9- entity constitutes irreparable harm because the full benefit of the legal immunity from suit cannot be restored on appeal.”).

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Beach Community Bank v. City of Freeport, Floridagreen
fla · 2014 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
1 sentence

2025He relies on Beach Community Bank v. City of Freeport, 150 So. 3d 1111, 1113 (Fla. 2014), for his argument that because his case was pending in this court at the time Vericker was decided and rule 9.130(a)(3) was amended, he is entitled to the benefit of the amendment.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Florida. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Berisha v. Lawson green
flsd · 2018
1 sentence

2024Even if there had been an express finding by the trial court that Animal Aid’s suit violated the Anti- SLAPP statute—which there was not—the Anti-SLAPP statute “provides only for ‘attorney fees and costs incurred in connection with a claim that an action was filed in violation of this section’—in other words, fees and costs incurred in connection with the SLAPP motion itself.” Berisha v. Lawson, 378 F. Supp. 3d 1145 , 1157 n.8 (S.D.

12024–2024
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan green
scotus · 1964
1 sentence

2022Respondent filed the instant defamation suit against Petitioner, who then filed a summary judgment motion that incorporated what Petitioner characterized as an “Anti-SLAPP motion.” Petitioner’s motion asserted that Respondent’s lawsuit was meritless and that Respondent, a public official, could not show actual malice per New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964).

12022–2022

Statutes the citing opinions construe

FL § 768.295 (6)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

CA 690 (2001–2026) NV 18 (2018–2026) ME 12 (2010–2022) GA 11 (2012–2026) MA 11 (2005–2026) OR 8 (2016–2026) FL 6 (2022–2025) DC 5 (2016–2024) TX 5 (2015–2019) CT 5 (2023–2025) CO 4 (2025–2025) NM 4 (2017–2023) WA 3 (2013–2014) IN 2 (2024–2025)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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