Bundy v. State · 471 So. 2d 9 (Fla. 1985) · No. 59,128 · Decided May 9, 1985 Two months after a twelve-year-old girl went missing from her junior high school, her body was found in the woods along the Suwannee River. It took the state of Florida seven more years, two separate murder trials, … Read more
Gore v. Harris · 772 So. 2d 1243 (Fla. 2000) · No. SC2000-2431 · Decided December 8, 2000 The Florida Supreme Court ordered every disputed ballot in the state counted by hand. The recount lasted a day and a half before Washington stopped it. The Facts On November 7, 2000, Americans went to bed without … Read more
Bush v. Schiavo · 885 So. 2d 321 (Fla. 2004) · No. SC2004-0925 · Decided September 23, 2004 In the fall of 2003, the Florida Legislature passed a law written for one woman. The Florida Supreme Court held that even a legislature has no power to reach into a case already decided and overturn it. … Read more