Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...Florida currently has twenty circuit courts (designated by number); they range from single-county circuits (in highly populated areas like Miami or Tampa) to circuits comprised of as many as six or seven counties (many of which are rural). See Fla.Stat.Ann. § 26.021 (West 1988)....

...udicial office); Id. § 105.09(1) ("No political party or partisan political organization shall endorse, support, or assist any candidate in a campaign for election to judicial office.”). . Earlier this year, the legislature amended Fla. Stat.Ann. § 26.021 (which, in part, defines the number of judges on the various circuit courts) to provide that "[t]he judicial nominating commission of each circuit, in submitting nominations for any vacancy in a judgeship, and the Governor, in filling any v...

order with factual findings required under section 26-21-4, Alabama Code (1975), which, unlike the Florida

...The geographical boundaries of a circuit court along county lines were designed and prescribed with a definite object in view — to constrict the extent of a circuit court's operation and authority. Needless to say, Leon County and Polk County are in separate judicial circuits. See § 26.021....

payment be decreed on motion." Norris, supra, at § 26:21 (footnotes omitted). However, if there is no dispute

...he trial court for entry of an order granting the motion and thereby appointing conflictfree counsel. ALLEN, and WEBSTER, JJ., CONCUR. NOTES [1] The Second Judicial Circuit comprises Leon, Gadsden, Jefferson, Wakulla, Liberty, and Franklin Counties. § 26.021(2), Fla....

...d have considered race as merely one of several relevant factors in the admissions process. Bakke, 438 U.S. at 316-17, 98 S.Ct. at 2761-62. In Florida, less drastic remedies already exist. Early in 1994, the state legislature amended Florida Statute § 26.021 to provide that [t]he judicial nominating commission of each circuit, in submitting nominations for any vacancy in a judgeship, and the Governor, in filling any vacancy for a judgeship, shall consider whether the existing judges within the circuit, together with potential nominees or appointees, reflect ......

...the racial and ethnic diversity of the population within the circuit, and the geographic distribution of the racial and ethnic minority population within the circuit. 1994 Fla.Sess.Law Serv. ch. 94-137, § 1 (emphasis added). Quite unlike § 43.29(1)(a), § 26.021 requires that the JNCs and the Governor "consider" diversity....

...then filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court. We find that petitioner is entitled to relief. First, however, a jurisdictional issue must be addressed. The order of detention was issued by the Putnam County Circuit Court, a court within the jurisdiction of the Seventh Judicial Circuit. Section 26.021(7), Florida Statute (1995)....

(citing Martin J. Norris, The Law of Seaman, Vol. 2, § 26.21 (4th ed. 1985)); Carline v. Cap. Marine Supply

Arthur Larson, The Law of Workmen's Compensation § 26.21 (1992). An exception is recognized for tryout periods

in violation of 16 U.S.C. § 668dd and 50 C.F.R. § 26.21 (General trespass provision) for entering a closed

...ur jurisdiction dispositive. Cousins elected to be tried in Palm Beach County, and the trial court granted the motion. Thus, venue was transferred, and she was tried and convicted in Palm Beach County, which is in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. See § 26.021(15), Fla....

...Public Defender, DeLand, for appellee. PETERSON, Judge. The State appeals an order granting Alan L. Alves' motion to dismiss an information charging Alves with a violation of section 856.015, Florida Statutes (1991). We have jurisdiction. Fla. Const. art. V, § 4(b)(1); § 26.021, Fla....

amendments to Alabama’s Parental Consent Act, Ala. Code § 26-21-4, which regulates an unemancipated minor’s ability

to Alabama’s Parental Consent Act, Ala. Code § 26-21-4, which regulates an unemancipated minor’s ability

...V, §§ 1, 4(a), Fla. Const. (1968). 8 § 35.01, Fla. Stat. (2023). 9 Art V, § 4(b), Fla. Const. (1968). 10 Padovano, Philip J., Functions of the Court, 2 Fla. Prac., Appellate Practice § 7:1 (2023 ed.). 11 Art. V, §§ 1, 5(a), Fla. Const. (1968). 12 See § 26.021, Fla....

...llate districts and judicial circuits. 20 Additionally, the Florida Constitution expressly authorizes the Legislature to divide the state into judicial circuits following county lines. 21 The current judicial circuit boundaries are codified in section 26.021, Florida Statutes (2023). As part of the constitutional certification process, the Supreme Court is required to establish, by rule, uniform criteria for determining, among other things, the need to increase, decrease, or redefine judicial circuits....

...(available at https://oppaga.fl.gov/Documents/Reports/19-06.pdf). 29 1991 House Report, supra note 27 at 4; OPPAGA Report, supra note 28 at 5. See also Art. V, § 5, Fla. Const. (1838). 30 OPPAGA Report, supra note 28, at 5. 31 1991 House Report, supra note 27, at 5. 32 See § 26.021, Fla....

...1885 Constitution in 1934, providing for the establishment of fifteen judicial circuits, each with a minimum population of 50,000 persons. 46 This constitutional amendment led to the realignment of the circuits, and small 35 Id. 36 See Art. VI, § 7, Fla. Const. (1868); § 26.021, Fla....

...he propriety of its decision. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.030(b)(1)(A) ("District courts of appeal shall review by appeal ... final orders of trial courts, not directly reviewable by the supreme court or a circuit court ... ") (footnotes omitted); see also § 26.021(9) Fla....

...2, 1995, they are free to pursue their own individual actions with no prohibitions. We agree with the petitioners that Judge Lockett, a Lake County circuit judge, was not empowered to issue an order staying a pending action in another jurisdiction. Section 26.021(5), Florida Statutes (1993) defines the territorial jurisdiction of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, which includes Lake County, as follows: “The fifth circuit is composed of Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion and Sumter Counties.” See also § 26.26, Fla. Stat. (1993). The Fifth Judicial Circuit has no territorial jurisdiction over Orange County, which is within the Ninth Judicial Circuit. See § 26.021(9), Fla....

...y are placed and in those judicial relationships exclusively.” Section 7 limits the ability of a judge of any circuit to move a case around. It must be tried and heard within the territorial jurisdiction of the court as defined by the legislature. Section 26.021(13), Florida Statutes (1991), defines the territory of the Thirteenth Circuit as Hillsborough County, and Section 26.021(15), Florida Statutes (1991), defines the Fifteenth Circuit as Palm Beach County....