2022 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1001 - 1500 of 1665
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13575
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued his mortgage service asserting claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Florida law. Plaintiff’s claims arose from a mortgage payment he made to Defendant using an automated pay-by-phone…
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10985
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10065
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11335
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12020
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13313
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-10204
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued Select Portfolio Servicing ("Portfolio"), a mortgage servicer, under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act ("FDCPA") and the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act ("FCCPA"). Plaintiff claimed that…
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10671
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11002
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an Alabama granite processing business, worked with Defendant, a corporation that represents manufacturers in the sale of equipment used in the granite industry. Five years after the plant was completed,…
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11521
Justia Opinion Summary: OJ Commerce and Naomi Home sued KidKraft and MidOcean. OJ Commerce and Naomi Home alleged that “KidKraft control[led] over 70% of the wooden play kitchen market in the continental United States.” They asserted that…
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12537
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13392
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13699
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-14224
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11617
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff insured a nightclub under a general liability policy, which covered “bodily injury and property damage liability.” The policy contained several restrictions on that coverage. A nightclub employee and guest were…
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13139
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was arrested and indicted under 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(5)(A), which prohibits an alien who "is illegally or unlawfully in the United States" from possessing a firearm. Defendant did not dispute that he…
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10108
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11076
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12355
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (together, “NetChoice”)—are trade associations that represent internet and social-media companies. They sued the Florida officials charged with…
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Number: 17-10625
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-14548, 19-14565
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of conspiracy and substantive health care fraud for fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid for millions of dollars for visits to nursing home patients that he never made. He challenged the…
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14504
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs appealed the district court’s dismissal of their constitutional and state law claims against Defendants and its owner for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Plaintiffs are legal practitioners who reside in…
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 18-11416
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 habeas petition. The Eleventh Circuit issued a certificate of appealability and concluded that the district court properly denied Section 2254…
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12549
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12074
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence of 168 months imprisonment followed by 30 years of supervised release, imposed pursuant to his guilty plea for child sex crimes. He challenged the procedural and substantive reasonableness…
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11340
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a childhood victim of lead poisoning, assigned his rights to more than $900,000 in structured settlement payments to factoring companies for pennies on the dollar. However, as a result of the lead poisoning,…
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12229
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-11330, 20-11468
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 19-14664
Justia Opinion Summary: Comegys, an independent insurance agency, had an independent contractor relationship with Safeco, a liability insurer. Comegys marketed Safeco insurance policies to the public. Comegys was allegedly negligent in…
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Numbers: 20-14003, 21-11072
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, several organizations and an individual, sued the City of Pensacola (“City”) and the Secretary of State of Florida (“Secretary”) in state court because the Pensacola City Council voted to remove a Confederate…
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11930
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12521
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner petitioned the Eleventh Circuit for review of his Final Administrative Removal Order and adverse reasonable fear determination, which were issued during his expedited removal proceedings as an alien convicted…
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12660
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant represented a client in a negligence action in Florida and obtained a default judgment against a non-existent entity, “Burlington, Inc.” The district court’s final judgment named “Burlington, Inc.” as the sole…
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13538
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14681
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant played several distinct roles in a large-scale methamphetamine drug trafficking conspiracy operating out of the Tampa Bay, Florida area. On appeal, he disputed various building blocks of his 135-month prison…
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14728
Justia Opinion Summary: Global Marine Exploration, Inc. (“GME”), conducts marine salvage activities and discovers historic shipwreck sites in Florida’s coastal waters. GME entered into authorization agreements with the Florida Department of…
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14054
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner sought review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) final order affirming the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his application for asylum on account of racial persecution. Petitioner had applied for…
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11532
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13822
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a physician who operates a medical clinic, was under investigation for healthcare fraud and related charges. During the investigation, law enforcement officers obtained a search warrant permitting them to…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13459
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a federal prisoner, appealed the district court’s denial of his timely 28 U.S.C. Section 2255 motion to vacate. In his motion, Petitioner challenged his felon-in-possession conviction, arguing that the…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Numbers: 22-11133, 22-11143, 22-11145, 22-11144
Justia Opinion Summary: Florida Senate Bill 90 ("SB 90") imposed certain restrictions on voting. Plaintiffs challenged several provisions of SB 90, claiming the provisions violated the prohibition against race discrimination under the…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-11143
Date: May 5, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-11644, 21-12257
Date: May 5, 2022
Docket Numbers: 20-14812, 21-10190, 21-10490, 21-10672
Justia Opinion Summary: In a consolidated appeal each of the insured businesses, SA Palm Beach, LLC, Emerald Coast Restaurants, Inc., Rococo Steak, LLC, and R.T.G. Furniture, Corporation, were denied after seeking coverage under an all-risk…
Date: May 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10772
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff slipped on a puddle of water and broke her hip shortly after boarding a Carnival cruise ship. She then sued the cruise line for negligence. The district court granted summary judgment for Carnival, holding that…
Date: May 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11104
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants sought review of the district court’s order and judgment dismissing their claims against two of four defendants in their lawsuit. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1404(a), the district court transferred the…
Date: May 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12333
Date: May 3, 2022
Docket Number: 19-14597
Justia Opinion Summary: The dispute arose out of a contract between Purple Shovel and two companies Omnipol and Elmex Praha (“Elmex”), for the manufacture and delivery of AK-47 assault rifles. The U.S. Special Operations Command (“SOCOM”)…
Date: May 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13832
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit addressed whether a bankruptcy plan of reorganization confirmed in 1995 discharged the obligation of three debtor companies to provide future health-care benefits to retired employees of a coal…
Date: May 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14639
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and his wife were passengers on a cruise aboard a ship operated by Defendant. A verbal altercation between Plaintiff and another passenger ensued and while the security officer turned to speak to Plaintiff, the…
Date: May 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12583
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, Speech First, is a voluntary membership organization dedicated to protecting students’ free-speech rights. It represents students who attend universities across the country, including the University of Central…
Date: April 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10672
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possessing methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On appeal, he raised five claims as to why he should…
Date: April 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13073
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner a native and citizen of North Macedonia, appealed the dismissal or, alternatively, the denial of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2241 habeas petition seeking release from an alleged “unlawful and indefinite” detention by…
Date: April 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13301
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a Florida pretrial defendant awaiting trial on state criminal charges, filed a petition in federal court alleging that his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was violated as a result of temporary…
Date: April 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13405
Date: April 25, 2022
Docket Numbers: 18-12363, 21-12273
Date: April 25, 2022
Docket Number: 19-11670
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2018, Defendant entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine and one kilogram or more of heroin. Defendant's role in the conspiracy was to deliver the…
Date: April 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12093
Date: April 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11453
Date: April 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11146
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sections 922(g) and 924(a)(2). He argued that the district court did not elicit objections as required…
Date: April 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13448
Date: April 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12583
Justia Opinion Summary: Speech First, Inc. (“Speech First”) filed a lawsuit against the University of Central Florida (“University”) arguing that Defendant’s discriminatory-harassment and bias-related-incidents policies violate the First…
Date: April 20, 2022
Docket Numbers: 18-12569, 18-14958, 18-14967, 18-15289, 19-10703, 19-10704, 19-10804, 19-10805, 19-12657, 19-13566
Justia Opinion Summary: While investigating a suspected drug trafficking conspiracy, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent secured a wiretap authorization order from a state judge. The wiretap ultimately implicated nine people in the…
Date: April 20, 2022
Docket Number: 19-12585
Date: April 20, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-11131, 23-12311
Date: April 19, 2022
Docket Number: 19-13056
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and use a firearm during the commission of a drug trafficking crime. The district court sentenced him to a term of 210 months of imprisonment on the…
Date: April 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13698
Date: April 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11080
Justia Opinion Summary: Gulfstream, a Georgia corporation, and Oceltip, an Australian company, entered a sales agreement (“Agreement”). Gulfstream terminated the Agreement after Oceltip failed to pay the full amount or cure a defect within the…
Date: April 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10259
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are property owners in Forsyth County who used to rent their homes on a short-term basis. Forsyth County recently amended its Unified Development Code (“UDC”) to prohibit certain property owners from renting…
Date: April 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10550
Justia Opinion Summary: Previously, a panel of 11th Circuit judges affirmed the district court's dismissal of Plaintiff's 42 Sec. 1983 claims under the three-strikes rule of the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA"). The panel based its…
Date: April 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13393
Date: April 15, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-13455, 22-10306
Date: April 14, 2022
Docket Number: 19-11970
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found Defendant guilty of three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file a federal income tax return. Defendant was represented by counsel at trial, but he lacked representation during the pretrial process.…
Date: April 13, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-13592, 19-13772, 20-13602
Date: April 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10443
Justia Opinion Summary: Several young girls were locked out of their social media accounts. Shortly after being locked out, Defendant would contact them, demanding pornographic images. Defendant threatened to release the images to the girls'…
Date: April 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10744
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant owns an automobile dealership that operates a service department. When a customer brings a car to Defendant for service, he allows the customer to use a dealership-owned vehicle while the customer’s car is…
Date: April 12, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-14548, 19-14565
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of conspiracy and substantive health care fraud for fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid for millions of dollars for visits to nursing home patients that he never made. He challenged the…
Date: April 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10401
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs were involved in a motor vehicle accident involving a vehicle operated by a USPS employee; through counsel, Plaintiffs submitted a “claim for damage, injury, or death." Subsequently, Plaintiffs retained a new…
Date: April 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11155
Date: April 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11310
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an Iraq War veteran, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Two sheriff’s deputies conducted a welfare check after a report that the plaintiff had slit his wrist with a knife. When the deputies arrived,…
Date: April 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11742
Date: April 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13615
Justia Opinion Summary: Debtor executed a security deed for a piece of property. She acknowledged the deed to her closing attorney who certified the acknowledgment on the deed’s final page. Under Georgia law, a deed must be attested by two…
Date: April 6, 2022
Docket Numbers: 18-11652, 20-12970, 20-13637
Date: April 6, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-11314, 19-13015, 21-12160
Justia Opinion Summary: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) sued Ocwen Financial Corporation (“Ocwen”) and several of its affiliates claiming some of the company's mortgage-servicing practices violated federal law. The CFPB’s…
Date: April 5, 2022
Docket Number: 19-14002
Justia Opinion Summary: In March 2017, a woman contacted police explaining that the defendant, her ex-boyfriend, was having sex with her 14-year-old sister. When the girl’s family confronted her, she acknowledged that she was communicating with…
Date: April 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13251
Justia Opinion Summary: While driving the co-plaintiffs car, the plaintiff negligently changed lanes and caused a collision, seriously injuring another driver. At the time of the incident at-fault car’s owner had a GEICO insurance policy that…
Date: April 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12732
Date: April 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13909
Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs are “business development managers” tasked with persuading corporate customers to purchase vehicles for their fleets. The task often requires over 40 hours of effort per week, and the plaintiffs argue that…
Date: April 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14109
Justia Opinion Summary: Relators brought qui tam claims against dozens of defendants alleging healthcare fraud against the federal government in April 2017. H.I.G. Capital, LLC and H.I.G. Surgery Centers, LLC (“H.I.G.”) were among the…
Date: April 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14676
Justia Opinion Summary: Under its Social Media Policy, Defendants, the Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Department, disciplined appellants, two firefighters who work for the department. The termination resulted from an exchange the appellants had…
Date: March 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12925
Date: March 30, 2022
Docket Number: 18-13890
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, concluding that defendant has forfeited any argument under which the court may grant relief. In this case, defendant…
Date: March 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14174
Date: March 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11825
Date: March 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12386
Date: March 29, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14846
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's Americans with Disabilities lawsuit based on lack of Article III standing, concluding that plaintiff has at least alleged an Article III…
Date: March 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11221
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit dismissed based on lack of jurisdiction A.B.'s appeal of a declaratory judgment that an insurer has no duty to defend the insured man that sexually abused her. The court explained that the…
Date: March 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14560
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit granted Drummond's motion to amend this court's judgment and vacated its prior opinion, substituting it for this opinion. The court denied as moot Southern Coal's petition for rehearing en banc. In…
Date: March 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11913
Justia Opinion Summary: After determining that it has appellate jurisdiction and that the district court has subject matter jurisdiction, the Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's remand of a putative class action to state court under…
Date: March 25, 2022
Docket Numbers: 17-11347, 20-12152
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action against University officials, alleging that the University's policy requiring a permit to engage in public speech on the University's sidewalk violated his First and Fourteenth…
Date: March 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11556
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-12592, 21-12840
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit concluded that John Doe, a pseudonymous student at Samford University, has not stated a claim against the university for a violation of Title IX, based on a university disciplinary board finding him…
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12917
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit granted a petition for review of the BIA's order affirming the IJ's denial of petitioner's application for cancellation of removal. The court agreed with petitioner that he satisfied his burden of…
Date: March 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11633
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13590
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13505
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit concluded that the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to dismiss the 2020 indictment on double jeopardy grounds and therefore affirmed the district court. Defendant was…
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11044
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11058
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-11755, 22-12959
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12422
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, a group of tipped employees at Nusret, filed suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), challenging Nusret's compensation scheme. Plaintiffs alleged that from November 1, 2017, through January 18, 2019,…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-10878, 22-12513
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11984
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of defendants' motion to dismiss his complaint, seeking judicial review of the USCIS's denial of a national interest waiver pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(B)(i),…
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number: 19-13165
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit granted the petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's determination that petitioner was removeable. The IJ concluded that petitioner's conviction for burglary of an unoccupied…
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14816
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10247
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13187
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number: 18-13524
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's grant of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus vacating petitioner's convictions for murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping with bodily injury. Of the twelve claims…
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10043
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11222
Date: March 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-90022
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to review the district court's sua sponte remand and therefore denied the petition for permission to appeal under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA).…
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12668
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Numbers: 18-11602, 18-12395
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Bramwell, Howard, and Stone were convicted of crimes involving the millions of dollars that Tricare paid Howard for filling compounded cream prescriptions for patients. Bramwell wrote the vast majority of…
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11179
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10523
Justia Opinion Summary: After an arbitrator interpreted a collective bargaining agreement to require Warrior Met Coal Mining to establish just cause to discharge an employee for violating the agreement's four-strike attendance policy, and the…
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13869
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant in an action brought by plaintiff, alleging race discrimination after defendant terminated plaintiff. The court concluded…
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10676
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court's order dismissing, based on lack of standing, plaintiffs' action alleging that Sea Island did not comply with the Clean Water Act’s permitting process. The court concluded…
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11025
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's interlocutory order denying defendant's motion to compel arbitration. Defendant argues that the parties should be required to arbitrate their dispute under the terms of…
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-13015, 21-12160, 21-11314
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10955
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's negligence claims against Carnival based on failure to state a claim. Plaintiff alleged claims for negligent failure to maintain and negligent…
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number: 19-13070
Justia Opinion Summary: Heather operated a health-coaching business called Constitution Nutrition. She started her business in California, which did not require a license. After moving to Florida in 2015, she continued to run her…
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11654
Justia Opinion Summary: Zarate, a citizen of Mexico, was convicted of violating 42 U.S.C. 408(a)(7)(B) for using a social security card that was not his. An IJ ruled that Zarate was statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal because his…
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11675
Justia Opinion Summary: An online promotions team posted thousands of videos to persuade people to buy BitConnect Coin, a new cryptocurrency. BitConnect coin was not a sound investment; it was a Ponzi scheme. BitConnect’s original investors…
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number: 19-10474
Justia Opinion Summary: Pincus’s vehicle was photographed running a red light in North Miami Beach. His notice of violation stated that he owed a statutory penalty of $158 and that if Pincus paid online or by phone, he would be charged an…
Date: February 16, 2022
Docket Numbers: 13-12082, 15-10779, 16-16823, 19-14097, 20-13367
Date: February 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10316
Justia Opinion Summary: One of the mandatory conditions of Dennis’s probation for stealing social security funds was that she not commit any new state crimes. A police officer later investigated Dennis for theft of services after he suspected…
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11266
Justia Opinion Summary: Secure intending to open an Illinois coal gasification plant, contracted with Siemens. Secure would buy gasification equipment on a payment plan; Siemens would provide updates and repairs to the equipment. The price of…
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14187
Justia Opinion Summary: Williams pled guilty to distribution of crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of a housing facility and school, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 860(a). He stipulated that the drug quantity attributable to him for…
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13310
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11033
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11141
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11790
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14626
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11996
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13319
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13416
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14344
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10984
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: 19-13340
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a police sergeant who was at the wrong house because of imprecise dispatch directions, shot and killed William David Powell, who was innocent of any crime and standing in his driveway. Powell was holding a…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10745
Justia Opinion Summary: Enacted after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), creates a comprehensive remedial scheme that governs—and apportions liability for—oil-removal costs. OPA holds oil spillers strictly liable…
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12148
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant based on qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action. Plaintiff alleged that defendant violated her right to be free…
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10892
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11280
Justia Opinion Summary: Couch falsely represented that he was not HIV positive. Jackson issued Couch a $500,000 life insurance policy. At the time, HIV-positive individuals had a greatly diminished life expectancy, resulting in high demand for…
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11280
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14560
Justia Opinion Summary: The district court found that Southern Coal had breached a contract with Drummond to transfer and store coal and awarded Drummond $6,860,000. Drummond appealed, arguing that the district court erred in finding a price…
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11402
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12424
Justia Opinion Summary: A teacher smelled marijuana burning in the classroom and alerted Principal Stamps and Assistant Principal Byars, who searched the belongings of every student in the class. They found marijuana stems and seeds, rolling…
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 19-11330
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs purchased tickets for Defendant’s commercial flights from Miami to Venezuela. Plaintiffs allege that their ticket prices reflected the “fully-paid contract” and that Defendant failed to sufficiently disclose…
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Numbers: 20-13993, 21-12256
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13088
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