2022 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1501 - 1665 of 1665
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-10746, 19-11040, 19-12140, 19-12108
Justia Opinion Summary: Hardwick helped found a law firm, MHS. MHS later sold part of its foreclosure operation. Hardwick received $14-$15 million in compensation. Hardwick lost the money and owed millions in loans, many for gambling debts.…
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14306
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12202
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10156
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-11814, 21-11817, 21-11821, 21-11826, 21-11828
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11468
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11581
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12423
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 19-13908
Justia Opinion Summary: Chamu, born in Mexico, entered the U.S. without inspection in 1990. In 2003, he was pleaded guilty to cocaine possession under Florida law; 14 years later, in removal proceedings, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A)(I), Chamu applied…
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11702
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10064
Justia Opinion Summary: Reeves is scheduled to be executed in January 2022. Alabama Act 2018-353 gave “death row inmates a single opportunity to elect that their execution be carried out by" nitrogen hypoxia, instead of Alabama’s default…
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12061
Justia Opinion Summary: Taxpayer conceded that he failed to report his foreign bank accounts to the IRS, but contested the IRS's determination that his violations were willful and argued for vacatur of his civil penalties. The district court…
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12605
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Maldonado and Hill filed suit in Florida state court, asserting violations of their federal and state constitutional rights to the free exercise of their religion. After plaintiffs were granted in forma…
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Numbers: 17-14857, 18-10466, 18-11208, 18-11351, 20-10231
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-11669
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for federal child sex crimes. Defendant's conviction stemmed from his long-term sexual abuse of two young girls. The court concluded that the evidence was sufficient…
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12823
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's decision affirming the bankruptcy court's order granting the Bank's objection to plaintiff's claimed bankruptcy estate exemptions. The court concluded that Roth IRAs are…
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14298
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10515
Date: January 21, 2022
Docket Number: 19-13578
Date: January 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14700
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14217
Justia Opinion Summary: Vital produces and sells energy-drink products. In 2019, Vital hired Alfieri, Perry, LaRocca, and Maros. All four signed employment agreements containing restrictive covenants, including an agreement not to work for a…
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-14730, 21-10092
Justia Opinion Summary: In October 2018, Butts County Sheriff’s Office deputies placed signs in the front yards of the residences of all 57 registered sex offenders within the County, warning “STOP” and “NO TRICK-OR-TREAT AT THIS ADDRESS.” The…
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11717
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12044
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14350
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11066
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12547
Justia Opinion Summary: Fees are collected under 28 U.S.C. 1930 in each quarter of a chapter 11 bankruptcy based on the amount of disbursements made. The U.S. Trustee collects the fees in most districts in the country, while an arm of the…
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11924
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Numbers: 20-11215, 20-11216
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2007, Moore was convicted of possession of several unregistered destructive devices and was sentenced to the statutory maximum for his offense—120 months’ imprisonment, followed by 36 months’ supervised release. He…
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11568
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's order granting summary judgment in part in favor of defendants and holding that James River has a duty to defend the insureds: Ultratec, MST, and Ultratec's employee.…
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11789
Justia Opinion Summary: Norton operated a pressure washer on a Tampa Convention Center dock that had no guardrails or barricades and was surrounded on three sides by water. Norton fell into the bay while working and drowned. He was wearing…
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10299
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12667
Justia Opinion Summary: Smith, a software engineer, obtained the coordinates of artificial fishing reefs in the Gulf of Mexico from a website owned by StrikeLines, a Florida business. Smith remained in Mobile, Alabama while posting information…
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11237
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14544
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11612
Date: January 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11427
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10835
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-11447, 21-13052
Justia Opinion Summary: Mutual sold fractional investment interests in viatical settlements in which a terminally ill insured sold his life insurance policy to a third party for a lump-sum cash payment--a percentage of the policy’s face value.…
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14152
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Numbers: 20-14813, 21-11330
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Numbers: 17-14741, 20-10667
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-14065, 21-13199
Justia Opinion Summary: Georgia law places restrictions on which prospective candidates for elective office can appear on the general election ballot. The Libertarian Party of Georgia, prospective Libertarian candidates, and affiliated voters…
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13129
Justia Opinion Summary: Mutua, a citizen of Kenya, was admitted into the U.S. as a non-immigrant temporary visitor for business. He did not depart as his visa required but married a U.S. citizen. Several years later, Mutua applied for…
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13753
Justia Opinion Summary: In the early 1900s, New York City used a Brooklyn powerhouse to provide electricity for its trolley system. In 1940, the City took ownership of the power plant and removed a smokestack, placed it in the building's…
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Numbers: 18-14307, 20-11381
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10233
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11173
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12121
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12322
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13572
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14539
Justia Opinion Summary: Booker is on Florida’s death row for first-degree murder. In 2012, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of federal habeas relief. In 2020, the Capital Habeas Unit of the Office of the Federal Public Defender (CHU)…
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