Susan Harrell Black

“The question in this appeal is whether The Florida Bar's thirty-day ban on direct mail lawyer advertising soliciting personal injury and wrongful death clients violates commercial speech protections afforded attorney advertising under the First Amendment. The district court ruled that it does. We affirm.”

“In accordance with the foregoing, we vacate the district court's order granting Appellee Bramlett's motion for a new trial and remand for reinstatement of the jury verdict.”

“REVERSED in part, VACATED in part, and REMANDED.”

“AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND VACATED IN PART.”

“VACATED and REMANDED.”

“AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART and REMANDED FOR RE-SENTENCING.”

“We therefore assume the district court understood it had authority to depart downward and simply decided not to exercise its discretionary authority. Accordingly, we do not have jurisdiction to review the district court's decision. AFFIRMED.”

“We hold that upon discovering it committed clear error by sentencing Appellant for a crime to which he had not pled guilty, the district court had authority under Rule 35(c) to resentence Appellant as it did. AFFIRMED.”

“For the foregoing reasons, we find that the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment prohibit a church from being sued under Title VII by its clergy. The district court therefore properly granted Appellee's motion for summary judgment. AFFIRMED.”

“REVERSED AND REMANDED.”

“AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.”

“The bankruptcy court and the district court were both correct in concluding that Appellee was entitled to summary judgment. AFFIRMED.”