Florida Appellate Court decision holding that the Minimum Wage Amendment to the Florida Constitution does not prevent the state from preempting local authority to establish a higher minimum wage in a subsequent statute. This decision is being appealed.
Read MoreFlorida 11th Circuit Court decision finding that a state law prohibiting local regulation of polystyrene did not preempt Coral Gables’ ban on certain polystyrene food packaging. This decision is currently being appealed.
Read MoreFlorida Appellate Court decision holding that Tallahassee legislators were not personally liable for failing to rescind decades old firearms regulations in light of a state punitive preemption law prescribing inpidual liability for local legislators “promulgating” firearms regulations. This decision did not reach the merits of whether the state law’s use punitive preemption is unconstitutional and is currently being appealed.
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