"African American voters in Glades County, Florida, challenge the at-large method of electing members of the County Commission and School Board, claiming that it depreciates their right to vote on account of their race": And today, the majority on a divided three-judge Eleventh Circuit panel reverses the entry of judgment against those voters on their vote dilution claims. [read post]

A fiery bus accident in Florida recently killed 5 people and injured 25 others, leaving investigators to untangle the mystery of what might have caused the driver of a decades-old school bus to breeze through a flashing red light and slam into the side of a tractor-trailer. [read post]

Polk County School Board, 4 So.3d 71 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009). [read post]