Leon County circuit court

In backing a Leon County judge, the appeals court panel said the department had not demonstrated that the decision “would result in irreparable harm.”

The judge's oral ruling, based on the state constiution's privacy protections, isn't binding until he signs a written order, likely next week. Meantime, the law has gone into into effect . The state plans to appeal.

Judge John Cooper told the lawyers in the case he's likely to rule from the bench after hearing closing arguments, but that might not be soon enough to stop the new law from going into effect.

A law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks is set to go into effect Friday unless a judge issues a temporary injunction. Arguments in the challenge resume Thursday.

In what could be another delay for Florida’s burgeoning medical-marijuana industry, a Tallahassee judge agreed Wednesday to block state health officials…

Arguing that time “is of the essence,” environmental groups Wednesday requested that a judge lift a stay of a ruling that found state lawmakers did not…

A Florida judge will soon decide if patients approved to use medical marijuana will be allowed to smoke it.Leon County circuit court Judge Karen Gievers…

A Leon County circuit judge has scheduled a hearing Tuesday to consider lifting a stay in a case in which Tampa businessman Joe Redner seeks to grow…

State Insurance Consumer Advocate Sha'Ron James is seeking to file a friend-of-the-court brief in a constitutional fight about a new law that forces life…