[2] In 1999, Hinkle issued a ruling in Pemberton v. Tallahassee Memorial Regional Center that denied damages as claimed by the defendant upon whom the state forced a surgical procedure during labor.
In ordering the injunction, Judge Hinkle found that Florida's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriage were federally unconstitutional.
[3][4] Hinkle heard the case Jones et al v. DeSantis which concerned a Florida law, SB 7066, which "required felons to pay legal fees as part of their sentences before regaining the vote".
In June 2023, Hinkle issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking a Florida law that prohibited transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.
In his ruling, Hinkle reiterated that 'the defendants have explicitly admitted prohibiting or impeding individuals from pursuing their transgender identities is not a legitimate state interest' and yet 'a significant number of legislators and others involved in the adoption of the statute and rules at issue pursued this admittedly illegitimate interest.