The supreme court has never ruled on this issue and Florida is not in the 9th Circuit. Circuit courts are parallel to each other in the judiciary, and are not b

The supreme court has never ruled on this issue and Florida is not in the 9th Circuit. Circuit courts are parallel to each other in the judiciary, and are not bound by each other's precedent. As a result of this, the supreme court will usually hear cases in which different circuit courts rule in conflicting ways, to set a national standard.