Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Created in 1981, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is based in Atlanta, Georgia and has appellate jurisdiction over courts in the following districts:
- Middle District of Alabama
- Northern District of Alabama
- Southern District of Alabama
- Middle District of Florida
- Northern District of Florida
- Southern District of Florida
- Middle District of Georgia
- Northern District of Georgia
- Southern District of Georgia
To learn more about the court and the judges who serve on it, visit the Eleventh Circuit Historical Society.
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Recent Decisions From the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Numbers: 14-13556, 14-13356, 17-13655
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 17-11231
Justia Opinion Summary: The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, in conducting child-protective investigations under a grant agreement with the Florida Department of Children and Families, does not act as an arm of the state entitled to Eleven...
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 18-10882
Date: December 13, 2018
Docket Number: 17-10812
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against CNN for publishing a series of allegedly defamatory news reports about him and the medical center he administered. The district court denied CNN's motion to strike the complaint under the Geo...
Date: December 13, 2018
Docket Number: 17-12247
Justia Opinion Summary: Fla. Stat. 893.13(6)(a), cocaine possession, is divisible by the identity of the drug possessed, permitting the use of the modified categorical approach to determine what substance was involved in a particular offense. T...
Date: December 13, 2018
Docket Number: 17-15008
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against NCL, the owner and operator of a cruise ship, alleging negligence claims after he fell down an emergency-exit hatch in an area designated for crew members only. The Eleventh Circuit held that...
