2014 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 501 - 1000 of 2019
Date: September 12, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10922
Justia Opinion Summary: Allene Hughes died of traumatic brain injury after she was involved in a collision with a Mack truck. Plaintiff, Allene's mother and the administratrix of her estate, filed suit against Kia, alleging that Kia's failure…
Date: September 12, 2014
Docket Number: 13-13185
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner sought review of a decision awarding benefits to a miner's widow under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq. The court found, after reviewing petitioner's arguments and the relevant law, that…
Date: September 11, 2014
Docket Number: 12-14502
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, Marianne and Daniel Chapman, filed a products liability suit against P&G after Marianne developed neurological symptoms that the Chapmans maintain were caused by zinc-induced, copper-deficiency myelopathy…
Date: September 11, 2014
Docket Number: 12-14882
Date: September 10, 2014
Docket Number: 08-16070
Date: September 10, 2014
Docket Number: 09-12867
Date: September 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10839
Justia Opinion Summary: These consolidated appeals concern the ongoing tobacco litigation that began as a class action in Florida courts more than two decades ago. At issue is the fate of 588 personal injury cases filed on behalf of purportedly…
Date: September 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-12161
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of conspiracy to violate the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 (OCCA) in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 and one count of violating the OCCA through destruction by fire in violation of 18 U.S.C.…
Date: September 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-12901
Date: September 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14302
Date: September 10, 2014
Docket Number: 14-11192
Date: September 9, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15169
Date: September 9, 2014
Docket Number: 14-10265
Date: September 8, 2014
Docket Number: 12-11401
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against law enforcement officers under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that officers used excessive force when his head was slammed against the pavement with extreme force after he had been handcuffed and…
Date: September 8, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14479
Date: September 8, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14723
Date: September 8, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14805
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against defendant under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that defendant subjected her to an unreasonable seizure and for using excessive force in the course of the seizure in violation of her Fourth…
Date: September 8, 2014
Docket Number: 14-11029
Date: September 5, 2014
Docket Number: 11-10243
Justia Opinion Summary: Wife filed suit against husband under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, TIAS No. 11670, S Treaty Doc. No. 99-11, as implemented by the International Child Abduction Remedies Act…
Date: September 5, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11882
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a death row inmate convicted of murder, was granted a certificate of appealability by this court on two grounds: first, petitioner contended that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing…
Date: September 5, 2014
Docket Number: 14-10363
Date: September 4, 2014
Docket Number: 12-12952
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, appealed the district court's denial of his motion for a reduced sentence. At issue was whether, on a motion for a reduced sentence, a…
Date: September 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10016
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, sought a copy of an exhibit from his trial. At issue was whether a federal…
Date: September 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10563
Justia Opinion Summary: The district court enjoined SFM from prosecuting an action in Florida state court against BAS. On appeal, SFM challenged the issuance of the injunction, arguing that it does not fall within the narrow "relitigation…
Date: September 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11810
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's orders granting debtor's motion to modify its Second Amended and Restated Chapter 11 Plan and confirming debtor's Third Amended Plan of…
Date: September 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14032
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed a judgment in favor of his former employer and against his complaint of racial discrimination and retaliation. At issue was whether the district court erred when it entered a judgment as a matter of…
Date: September 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14389
Date: September 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14794
Date: September 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15285
Date: September 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15749
Date: September 3, 2014
Docket Number: 12-11952
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence for charges related to his involvement in the creation and successful execution of a scheme to defraud the State of Alabama of $7 million dollars. The court found no merit…
Date: September 3, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10184
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Godwin and Ellis appealed their convictions under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. 1961, for racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering. Defendants' convictions…
Date: September 3, 2014
Docket Number: 13-13069
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner sought review of the BIA's order of removal on the ground that he failed to file an application for an adjustment of status concurrently with his application for a waiver. The court concluded that the BIA's…
Date: September 3, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15914
Date: September 3, 2014
Docket Number: 14-10266
Date: September 3, 2014
Docket Number: 14-11492
Date: September 2, 2014
Docket Number: 13-13711
Date: September 2, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15398
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14482
Date: August 28, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14948
Date: August 28, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15406
Date: August 28, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15721
Date: August 28, 2014
Docket Number: 14-10051
Date: August 28, 2014
Docket Number: 14-11014
Date: August 27, 2014
Docket Numbers: 13-12625, 13-13914
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the Association under the Federal and Florida Fair Housing Acts (FHA), 42 U.S.C. 3604(f)(3)(b) and Fla. Stat. 760.23(9)(b). Plaintiff alleged that the Association violated these statutes when…
Date: August 27, 2014
Docket Number: 13-13914
Date: August 26, 2014
Docket Number: 12-13563
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of murder and sentenced to death, appealed the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner raised several issues on appeal. The court addressed only the juror…
Date: August 26, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14214
Date: August 25, 2014
Docket Number: 14-12406
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Numbers: 12-12689, 12-13244
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a federal prisoner, filed a motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255, which the district court granted in part because his sentence for possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon…
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-13184
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-13686
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14653
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Numbers: 13-15520, 13-15526
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit under general maritime law against their maritime employment agencies, asserting a claim for wages. The district court granted defendants summary judgment on plaintiffs' claims and plaintiffs…
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 14-10114
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 14-11034
Date: August 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-13927
Date: August 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15371
Date: August 21, 2014
Docket Number: 14-10427
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11080
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11136
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11879
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for bribery of a public official. On appeal, defendant argued that the district court abused its discretion in declaring a mistrial at his first trial. The court held that the district…
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15036
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15634
Date: August 19, 2014
Docket Number: 11-15145
Date: August 19, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10409
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native of the Congo, appealed the BIA's dismissal of her appeal from the IJ's denial of her application for withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). At issue was…
Date: August 19, 2014
Docket Number: 14-11197
Date: August 18, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15040
Date: August 18, 2014
Docket Number: 14-10199
Date: August 18, 2014
Docket Number: 14-10306
Date: August 18, 2014
Docket Number: 14-11155
Date: August 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10516
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of murder and sentenced to death, appealed the district court's denial of habeas relief. Petitioner argued that the exclusion of testimony from a corrections officer about general conditions in…
Date: August 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10710
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence and conviction for one count of conspiring to dispense Oxycodone not for a legitimate medical purpose and not in the usual course of professional practice, and five counts of distributing…
Date: August 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11666
Justia Opinion Summary: Joseph G. Wortley, interested party, appealed the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's summary denial of his motion for relief from judgment under Rule 60(b). Wortley and two others shared ownership in…
Date: August 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-12709
Justia Opinion Summary: Astellas holds patents on a cardiac test and sells its unpatented pharmaceutical product, Adenoscan, for using during that test. The Medical Center, which conducts cardiac tests, filed suit under Section 1 of the Sherman…
Date: August 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15360
Justia Opinion Summary: This dispute arose from violations issued by the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration. At issue was whether the word "corporation" includes limited liability companies (LLCs) for purposes of the…
Date: August 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15699
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to one count of bank robbery. Defendant argued that the district court violated his Sixth Amendment rights, as interpreted by Alleyne v. United States, when it…
Date: August 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11327
Date: August 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-13616
Date: August 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-13917
Justia Opinion Summary: The Hospital filed suit against various federal agencies and officials, seeking a declaratory judgment that 18 U.S.C. 4006(b)(1), where Congress has elected to impose the Medicare rate as full compensation for medical…
Date: August 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14413
Justia Opinion Summary: Travelers filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment that there is no coverage for and thus no duty to indemnify defendant under his employer's commercial automobile insurance policy for an incident which is the subject…
Date: August 14, 2014
Docket Number: 14-10864
Date: August 13, 2014
Docket Number: 13-12164
Date: August 12, 2014
Docket Number: 11-13678
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a business owner, appealed his sentence after being convicted of bribing a state official in order to ensure that his company would continue to receive government contracts. Over a period of four years,…
Date: August 12, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11765
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, seafarers employed with Cunard Line cruise ships, filed a class action complaint against Carnival Corp. and Carnival PLC, a dual-listed company, alleging failure to provide maintenance and cure in accordance…
Date: August 12, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15558
Date: August 8, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10054
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against her employer, alleging violations of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. 2601; the Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. 206; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.;…
Date: August 6, 2014
Docket Number: 12-14168
Justia Opinion Summary: Regions appealed the district court's decision to certify a class action based on alleged misrepresentations about Regions' financial health before and during the recent economic recession. The court vacated and remanded…
Date: August 6, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10648
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit challenging the decision of an arbitrator that had denied his claim under a crop insurance policy obtained from ProAg. On appeal, ProAg challenged the district court's grant of plaintiff's motion to…
Date: August 6, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15011
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, anti-abortion advocates, challenged Sections 34-38 of the Code of the City of West Palm Beach, which bans amplified sound within 100 feet of the property line of any health care facility. The court concluded…
Date: August 5, 2014
Docket Number: 12-15093
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for charges related to enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and possession of child pornography. Defendant alleged that his criminal conviction was obtained in violation of…
Date: August 5, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11392
Justia Opinion Summary: The Board appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, mother and son, requiring the Board to reimburse the mother for the cost of the placement of her son, who was diagnosed with…
Date: August 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11832
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, appealed the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court concluded that the record supported the state courts' fact…
Date: August 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-12348
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a death row inmate, appealed the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus after a federal evidentiary hearing. The court carefully reviewed the record and considered the totality of…
Date: July 31, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14968
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death, appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court rejected petitioner's claim that trial…
Date: July 30, 2014
Docket Number: 14-10465
Date: July 29, 2014
Docket Number: 12-11161
Justia Opinion Summary: Coquina invested in a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Scott Rothstein and lost over $6.7 million when his scheme collapsed. Coquina then filed suit against TD Bank, claiming that the bank made material misrepresentations and…
Date: July 29, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10425
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and her husband filed suit against LabCorp, alleging that its cytotechnicians were negligent in failing to identify abnormalities in plaintiff's Pap smears and that this negligence caused a delay in her cancer…
Date: July 29, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14295
Date: July 28, 2014
Docket Number: 12-12112
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of first degree murder and sexual battery, appealed the district court's denial of habeas relief. The court concluded that the state court's refusal to grant relief based on the exclusion of the…
Date: July 28, 2014
Docket Number: 12-12549
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for receipt of child pornography by computer over the internet. The court concluded that the search of the computers was valid because, despite the infirmities that the district court…
Date: July 28, 2014
Docket Number: 13-13493
Date: July 25, 2014
Docket Number: 12-14009
Justia Opinion Summary: The State appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment and an injunction in favor of plaintiffs, enjoining enforcement of Florida's Firearm Owners Privacy Act, Fla. Stat. 381.026, 456.072, 790.338, on First…
Date: July 25, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14902
Date: July 24, 2014
Docket Number: 12-14898
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against Chiquita under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), 28 U.S.C. 1350, and the Torture Victims Protection Act (TVPA), 28 U.S.C. 1350, alleging that the company engaged in concert of action with…
Date: July 24, 2014
Docket Number: 13-12395
Date: July 24, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14168
Date: July 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14811
Date: July 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15422
Date: July 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14321
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a motion asking the court to approve the contingency fee arrangement he agreed to with his lawyer, following a successful claim for social security benefits. The magistrate judge determined that a fee in…
Date: July 18, 2014
Docket Number: 12-11117
Date: July 17, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14754
Date: July 17, 2014
Docket Number: 14-11100
Date: July 17, 2014
Docket Number: 14-141100
Date: July 16, 2014
Docket Number: 13-13242
Date: July 16, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15069
Date: July 15, 2014
Docket Number: 11-11472
Date: July 15, 2014
Docket Number: 11-11535
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a death row inmate, appealed the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254. The court concluded that the state court's conclusion that trial counsel did not provide ineffective…
Date: July 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14931
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, proceeding pro se, appealed the denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2241 petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner contended that the district court erred in ruling that he could not rely on Alleyne v. United States…
Date: July 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15072
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10138
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11274
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-15960
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number: 14-13020
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number: 12-15815
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, convicted of illegal reentry, appealed the district court's application of a 16-level guideline enhancement under U.S.S.G. 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii). The court concluded that defendant's conviction under Fla. Stat.…
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-12389
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, plaintiff filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy. During the proceeding, LVNV filed a proof of claim to collect the Heilig-Meyers debt, notwithstanding the limitations period had expired four years earlier. At issue on…
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-12460
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant and his company, Phat Groov Music, appealed the district court's denial of their motion to dismiss a complaint filed by the Royalty Network and others. The court concluded that it had appellate jurisdiction…
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14921
Date: July 9, 2014
Docket Number: 12-16103
Justia Opinion Summary: The district court granted petitioner, convicted of murder and sentenced to death, a certificate of appealability (COA), on his Brady claims, and this court expanded the COA to include his…
Date: July 9, 2014
Docket Number: 12-16560
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number: 10-13325
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two counts of substantive wire fraud, six counts of securities fraud, and two counts of making false statements to agents of the SEC and FBI. At…
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number: 11-13507
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against four prison officials under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging violations of his constitutional rights and seeking money damages. The jury returned a verdict for the defense and plaintiff filed a…
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number: 12-14860
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines, seeking recovery under Article 17 and 19 of the Montreal Convention, S. Treaty Doc. No. 106-45, 2242 U.N.T.S. 350, a multilateral treaty setting rules for…
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10874
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner pleaded guilty to charges related to his conspiracy with others to establish an online pharmacy in violation of federal law. At issue on appeal was whether petitioner could collaterally attack the…
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11136
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-11863
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to conspiring to use unauthorized access devices. The court vacated the district court's sentence and remanded for resentencing without a two-level increase for…
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-12727
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14813
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Numbers: 12-13389, 12-4194
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against the County and Union, alleging violations of federal and state civil rights statutes. The jury found that the County subjected plaintiffs to fitness-for-duty examinations because of their…
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14621
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit in state court against defendants, alleging theories of negligence, vicarious liability, and premises liability. Although one defendant is a citizen of the forum state, two non-forum defendants…
Date: July 2, 2014
Docket Number: 12-14880
Justia Opinion Summary: The Board challenged the district court's decision to award O.L.'s parents reimbursement for one-on-one instruction outside the school setting as well as some of their attorney's fees. The parents cross-appealed the…
Date: July 2, 2014
Docket Number: 13-14377
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Albania, sought review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's finding that she was subject to removal and ineligible for relief from deportation because she knowingly filed a…
Date: July 1, 2014
Docket Number: 13-12962
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number: 11-13273
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, sentenced to death for committing three murders during the course of a burglary, appealed the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court concluded that it could not grant…
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Numbers: 12-13947, 12-15060, 12-15642
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against SLI alleging violations of section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and accompanying Rule 10b-5, 15 U.S.C. 78j and 17 C.F.R. 240.10b-5. Plaintiff alleged that SLI withheld…
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number: 13-10341
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number: 13-13702
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