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Opinion Release: The Clerk's Office typically releases opinions at 11 a.m. each Thursday. Court staff posts them to this website as soon as possible thereafter. There will be times when opinions may be released outside of this schedule, such as in emergencies. Scheduled and unscheduled opinion releases are announced via Twitter @flcourts.
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Regular opinion releases typically occur at 11 a.m. each Thursday.

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Robert Emerson v. State of Florida

21 Aug

August 2019 Oral Argument Schedule

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The Florida Bar v. Scott Charles Maddox

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