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Opinion Release: The Clerk's Office usually releases opinions, if any are ready, at 11 a.m. each Thursday. Court staff posts them to this website as soon as possible. There will be times when opinions are released outside this schedule, such as in emergencies. Scheduled and unscheduled opinion releases are announced via Twitter @flcourts.

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Florida Supreme Court Justices

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Top row (l-r): Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz, Justice Charles T. Canady, Justice Jorge Labarga, and Justice John D. Couriel. Bottom row (l-r): Justice Jamie R. Grosshans, Justice Renatha Francis, and Justice Meredith L. Sasso.

Front row, (l) to (r): Justice Charles T. Canady; Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz; Justice Jorge Labarga. Back row, (l) to (r): Justice Renatha Francis; Justice John D. Couriel; Justice Jamie R. Grosshans; Justice Meredith Sasso.

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