Florida First District Court of Appeal

Circuit at the federal level, it handles most of the appeals in state administrative law matters.

It is the Court of Appeals for 29 Florida counties, covering the Panhandle as well as the north-central parts of the state.

Before December 2010, the First DCA had been located two blocks from the Supreme Court of Florida in downtown Tallahassee.

The $48.8 million construction cost of the new courthouse generated considerable controversy, particularly given that the new building allegedly contained details and amenities such as "miles" of African mahogany-like sapele, granite top desks, and a sixty-inch flat screen television in each judge's chamber.

In the final days of that year's legislative session, judges had lawmakers slip an amendment into a transportation bill authorizing a $33.5 million bond issue for the new building.