Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange, Georgia,Case No. 18-10053 (11th Cir. 2019).
Section 3604(b) of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq. (discrimination based on “race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin” in connection with the“sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities inconnection therewith” is prohibited) applies to conduct after an individual has acquired housing.Thompson v. Gargula (In Re: Glenn Lee Thompson), Case No. 18-11885 (11th Cir. 2019).
11 U.S.C. section 727(d)(2) (discharge vacated due to failure to disclose property of the estate), unlike section 727(d)(1) (discharge vacated due to fraud of debtor), does not require the party requesting revocation have been devoid of knowledge of the bad acts during the bankruptcy.Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University v. United Faculty of Florida,Case No. 1D17-2405 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019).
The time to appeal a final order runs from rendition of the final order, and a re-publication of the final order does not create a new period to appeal.Soho Realty, LLC v. The Alexander Condominium Association, Inc., Case No. 3D18-1444 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019).
A mixed-use project in which some units are occupied by permanent residents and some by transient residents is neither a “hotel” nor a “suite hotel” under the local ordinance.National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2007-3 v. De Leon, Case No. 3D18-1494 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019).
Res judicata only applies to claims actually litigated and decided in a different case, and accordingly, a bankruptcy creditor whose claims were not actually decided in the bankruptcy case and against which the discharge injunction may not apply, is not estopped from bringing a state court suit for the debt.Nunez v. Allen,Case No. 5D14-4386 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019).
Attorneys who are parties to litigation and successfully represent themselves are entitled to an award of attorney’s fees so long as the awarded time was spent as attorney (not as a party) and is not duplicative of other counsel’s work.