The following is a digest ofFlorida Appellate Court opinions filed from January 2 through January 5, 2025.

The following is a digest ofFlorida Appellate Court opinions filed from January 2 through January 5, 2025.
United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Sherman Division
Civil Action 4:24-CV-478
(E.D. Tex. Dec. 3, 2024)
In Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al., v. Merrick Garland, Attorney General Of The United States, et al., Civil Action 4:24-CV-478 (E.D. Tex. Dec. 3, 2024), the Plaintiffs sought to “enjoin the Government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act and its Implementing Regulations.”
The following is a digest of Florida’s appellate court opinions concerning civil and probate cases from December 30, 2024 through January 3, 2025.
For lawyers, the term “professional ethics” has a more specific meaning than what can be found in a dictionary or in an academically oriented law school class. “[E]thical rules are necessary to the maintenance of a culture of civility and mutual trust within the legal profession.” Azar v. Garza, 138 S. Ct. 1790 (2018).
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United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Sherman Division
Civil Action 4:24-CV-478
(E.D. Tex. Dec. 3, 2024)
In Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al., v. Merrick Garland, Attorney General Of The United States, et al., Civil Action 4:24-CV-478 (E.D. Tex. Dec. 3, 2024), the Plaintiffs sought to “enjoin the Government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act and its Implementing Regulations.”
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In December, I began working as a law clerk for Justice Joseph A. Boyd. He soon involved me with his writing of a history of all the justices of the Florida Supreme Court. On November 3, 1980, Justice Boyd and I visited Justice Ben T. Overton.
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