Creed & Gowdy won a construction law appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The case concerns a construction project in Gainesville, Florida. After a bench trial, the district court ruled that Oelrich Construction, Inc. properly terminated a subcontractor-PRC Precast, LLC-for failing to timely meet its contractual obligations. PRC appealed the $200,188.77 judgment, and Bryan Gowdy and Dimitri Peteves successfully defended the judgment on appeal. You can listen to the oral argument here and read the court's decision here.

Bryan Gowdy sat as a panelist for The Florida Bar's Annual First Amendment Seminar on Friday, June 23, 2023.  He was one of five panelists who discussed several First Amendment cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court during the October 2022 term, as well as cases for the upcoming October 2023 term.

Various taxicab companies in Hillsborough County, represented by Creed & Gowdy, previously asked the Supreme Court of Florida to review a lower court's decision that their taxicab medallions were not property under the Takings Clause of the Florida Constitution. On June 19, 2023, the Supreme Court of Florida accepted jurisdiction of the case and ordered briefing.  The supreme court's docket can be found here. 

Bryan Gowdy and Dimitri Peteves represented plaintiffs in a federal constitutional challenge to the City of Holmes Beach's noise ordinance. The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ruled that a portion of the ordinance is unconstitutionally vague because it did not provide adequate enforcement standards. The court also ruled that the plaintiffs are entitled to attorney's fees and costs. Read the decision here.

Dimitri Peteves and Bryan Gowdy successfully represented on appeal, Jarrett Olsen, who was injured by an automobile owned by Autonation Ford Sanford. The trial court had granted summary judgment in favor or Autonation Ford, concluding it was immune from suit under a federal law, the Graves Amendment. The Fifth District Court of Appeal reversed.