2016 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1 - 500 of 1617
Date: December 30, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15326
Justia Opinion Summary: Procaps and Patheon are involved in the market for softgel services. Procaps filed suit under the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1, against its former joint venture partner, Patheon, alleging that Patheon's acquisition of Banner…
Date: December 29, 2016
Docket Numbers: 16-14905, 17-14247
Date: December 22, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-11840, 16-10231
Date: December 22, 2016
Docket Number: 14-11959
Date: December 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13995
Date: December 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14664
Date: December 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15782
Date: December 22, 2016
Docket Number: 16-12052
Date: December 22, 2016
Docket Number: 16-12934
Date: December 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15622
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants, correctional officers who were members of the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT), were indicted and charged with various civil rights, conspiracy, and obstruction-of-justice violations stemming from…
Date: December 21, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-12350, 17-11337
Date: December 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12623
Date: December 21, 2016
Docket Number: 16-11621
Date: December 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14334
Date: December 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15247
Date: December 20, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-15597, 15-15742, 16-10446, 17-11127
Date: December 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-14371
Date: December 19, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10535
Date: December 16, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-10591, 14-10593, 14-10594, 15-15533
Date: December 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14595
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-appellant Myra Furcron appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Mails Centers Plus, LLC (“MCP”) on Furcron’s claims of sexual harassment and retaliation. In addressing Furcron’s sexual harassment…
Date: December 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15417
Date: December 15, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15159
Justia Opinion Summary: This case began as a contract dispute between two corporations: PTA-FLA, Inc., and ZTE USA, Inc. Shortly thereafter, three corporations affiliated with PTA-FLA filed similar cases against ZTE USA and its parent…
Date: December 15, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-15648, 15-15438, 18-14249
Date: December 15, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10324
Justia Opinion Summary: In February 2014, appellant-plaintiff Glynn Hotz purchased 16,000 shares of appellee-defendant Galectin Therapeutics, Inc. (“Galectin”), a small biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Norcross, Georgia. The price…
Date: December 15, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10790
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arose from a labor dispute involving the H-2A visa program. Defendant Consolidated Citrus Limited Partnership (“Consolidated Citrus”) appealed from the district court’s order granting judgment in favor of the…
Date: December 14, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13961
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from the Broward County (Florida) Sheriff’s potential liability under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for failing to rehire a former deputy allegedly due to his political loyalties and in violation of his First Amendment…
Date: December 13, 2016
Docket Number: 14-13482
Date: December 13, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11773
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs-Appellants James and Karen Feggestad appealed the district court’s order dismissing their complaint against defendants-appellees, Kerzner International Bahamas Limited, Kerzner International Limited, Island…
Date: December 12, 2016
Docket Numbers: 16-10211, 17-12020
Date: December 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12231
Date: December 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15305
Date: December 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14551
Justia Opinion Summary: Leokadia Bryk, a disabled nurse, sought a reasonable accommodation in the form of a job reassignment to another unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital because she required the use of a cane, which posed a safety hazard in the…
Date: December 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14183
Justia Opinion Summary: After a teacher at Carver Middle School submitted an application for the approval of the Carver Gay-Straight Alliance, the superintendent denied the application on the ground that the application failed to identify an…
Date: December 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15634
Date: December 6, 2016
Docket Number: 16-11386
Date: December 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13668
Date: December 5, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10144
Date: December 2, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-15466, 19-10239
Date: December 1, 2016
Docket Number: 16-11971
Date: December 1, 2016
Docket Number: 16-14822
Date: November 30, 2016
Docket Number: 14-12830
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence and conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). The court concluded that the district court properly denied defendant's…
Date: November 30, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12817
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his 324-month sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Defendant raised numerous issues…
Date: November 29, 2016
Docket Number: 13-12044
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was found guilty of robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and using or carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. On appeal, defendant challenges his convictions and total sentence of life…
Date: November 29, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15459
Date: November 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11627
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Major Wheeler and others, alleging, inter alia, a claim under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for violation of his First Amendment rights and a claim under Georgia law for defamation. After plaintiff reported…
Date: November 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13695
Date: November 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14602
Date: November 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14702
Date: November 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15592
Date: November 28, 2016
Docket Number: 16-14002
Date: November 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-12113
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of being a felon in possession of firearms and was sentenced to 288 months in prison. The district court determined that defendant was an armed career criminal under the Armed Career Criminal Act…
Date: November 23, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-13706, 15-15481
Date: November 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15444
Justia Opinion Summary: The government appeals the bankruptcy court's decision regarding the interest due from defendant for the taxable year 1998. In this case, the tax court never reached the issue of defendant's interest owed on the 1998 tax…
Date: November 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10927
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants were charged and found guilty of several counts in an eight-count superseding indictment. The verdict forms that were given to the jury mistakenly listed one of the counts as “robbery” instead of “using a…
Date: November 22, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-11999, 15-12000, 15-12570
Date: November 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15184
Justia Opinion Summary: Wright filed suit in federal court against Pilot, alleging that Pilot and certain Pilot employees systematically shortchanged some trucking companies with whom Pilot had discount agreements by failing to give them the…
Date: November 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15676
Date: November 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15748
Date: November 22, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10773
Date: November 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-13066
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court sentenced defendant under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e), in part, based on his two convictions for burglary…
Date: November 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15153
Date: November 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13224
Date: November 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14319
Date: November 21, 2016
Docket Number: 16-11003
Date: November 21, 2016
Docket Number: 16-11042
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner seeks review of the Commissioner's determination that he owes income tax deficiencies and related penalties for 2004, 2005, and 2006. Petitioner was the president, director, and sole shareholder of a Florida…
Date: November 18, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11412
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, formerly a pretrial detainee, filed suit against defendants under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. The district court granted summary…
Date: November 17, 2016
Docket Numbers: 13-15414, 15-15197
Date: November 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12882
Date: November 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12578
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was found guilty of three counts of attempting to cause a financial institution to not file a required currency transaction report (a CTR), in violation of 31 U.S.C. 5324(a)(1). For the first time on appeal,…
Date: November 15, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11749
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging unlawful seizure by Officers Allen and Crews, false imprisonment by Officer Allen, and municipal liability against the City for the officers' actions. The district…
Date: November 15, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-14872, 15-15759
Date: November 15, 2016
Docket Numbers: 16-10337, 18-11429
Date: November 14, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15709
Date: November 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14136
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against defendants, alleging that the five letters sent to them between May 16 and December 13, 2013 violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq., and/or the…
Date: November 8, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-13636, 15-14529
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for reconsideration of its earlier order denying on futility grounds plaintiff's motion for leave to amend his complaint. Plaintiff asserted in his motion that…
Date: November 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15497
Justia Opinion Summary: Relator filed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729-3733, claiming that Fresenius violated the FCA by billing the government for overfill that it received for no cost—allegedly a violation of…
Date: November 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15699
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his 180 month sentence after pleading guilty to three counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court sentenced defendant under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C.…
Date: November 8, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10257
Date: November 8, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10338
Date: November 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-14092
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering his wife's daughters. At issue is whether, for purposes of federal habeas law, a Florida postconviction petition properly filed by a death-row prisoner…
Date: November 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-14181
Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant was convicted of being a felon in possession, he filed a motion to dismiss his indictment under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. 3161 et seq. The district court reasoned that the nine-day period between…
Date: November 4, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10914
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States for unpaid federal income taxes, late penalties, and interest accrued, arguing that the district court erred because her…
Date: November 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13124
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Major Michael Skelton in his official capacity as a deputy sheriff of Cobb County, seeking declaratory relief, damages, fees, and costs for violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments…
Date: November 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15803
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a marine salvor, filed this action in rem against the Blacksheep, seeking a salvage award for services he provided to the yacht. The district court entered judgment against plaintiff, finding that he failed to…
Date: November 2, 2016
Docket Number: 16-15549
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, convicted of murder and sentenced to death, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, challenging Alabama’s use of midazolam in its lethal injection protocol. The district court denied relief. The court concluded that…
Date: November 1, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15541
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of four counts related to the murder of Erik Comesana, six counts related to a firearm trafficking scheme, and two counts related to possessing a firearm or ammunition while a fugitive from…
Date: October 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14390
Justia Opinion Summary: This reverse-confusion trademark dispute involves Wreal and Amazon over the mark "FyreTV." Wreal describes its own FyreTV service as the “Netflix of Porn.” Amazon Fire TV is a hardware device used for streaming…
Date: October 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15543
Date: October 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13985
Date: October 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15412
Justia Opinion Summary: Swafford traveled to the R. Shaefer Heard Campground, near West Point, Georgia, owned by the Army Corps of Engineers. Swafford, with dog leash and coffee cup in hand, went away from his campsite and descended a wooden…
Date: October 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14608
Date: October 24, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-15465, 16-10071
Date: October 21, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-14842, 16-12386
Date: October 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13417
Date: October 21, 2016
Docket Number: 16-11179
Date: October 21, 2016
Docket Number: 16-12041
Date: October 20, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-15648, 15-15438, 18-14249
Date: October 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10380
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of one count of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and one count of possessing a stolen firearm. The district court sentenced defendant under the Armed Career…
Date: October 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13722
Date: October 19, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10605
Date: October 18, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13552
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, alleging that she was terminated from her job because of her age pursuant to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. 621-634. The…
Date: October 18, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14609
Date: October 18, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14997
Date: October 18, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15005
Date: October 14, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15390
Date: October 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15475
Date: October 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15611
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, the personal representative of James Clifton Barnes, filed suit against defendants after Barnes died from injuries he sustained while he was involved in a struggle with Deputy Sheriff Kubler. Barnes was tased…
Date: October 12, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10162
Date: October 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15558
Justia Opinion Summary: Under Regulation X, 12 C.F. R. part 1024, which implements the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), 12 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., a loan servicer’s duty to evaluate a borrower’s loss mitigation application is…
Date: October 7, 2016
Docket Number: 16-11054
Date: October 6, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-11682, 15-15402
Date: October 6, 2016
Docket Number: 14-13228
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against defendant after she slipped and fell on one of defendant's cruise ships. On appeal, plaintiff challenges the district court's judgment for defendant. In this case, plaintiff’s cruise ticket…
Date: October 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14216
Justia Opinion Summary: New York law required CitiMortgage to file within 30 days a certificate of discharge with the county clerk to record that plaintiff had satisfied his mortgage. N.Y. Real Prop. Law 275; N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law 1921.…
Date: October 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14885
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10602
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13512
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13928
Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pled guilty to embezzlement by a bank officer or employee, she challenged her sentence, arguing that it violated her constitutional rights and that it was both procedurally and substantively unreasonable.…
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-14066, 18-13445
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-14991
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Wilchcombe, Rolle, and Beauplaint appealed their convictions for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 100 kilograms or…
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12877
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States appeals the district court’s determination that commissions claimed by Defendant F. Gordon Spoor as personal representative of the Louise P. Gallagher Estate and as trustee of the Louise Paxton…
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14047
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15240
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, former sonography students at Valenica College, a public college, filed suit alleging that employees of the college violated their rights under the First and Fourth Amendments, 42 U.S.C. 1983. The district…
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15626
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and agreed that they would surrender their house to discharge their mortgage debt. At issue is whether a person who agrees to “surrender” his house in bankruptcy may oppose a…
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10321
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10291
Justia Opinion Summary: MBUSI seeks review of the Board's order modifying and adopting as modified the recommended order of the ALJ, finding that MBUSI violated the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 151 et seq. The Board found that MBUSI…
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12348
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against defendants, including two deputies, after he was arrested for violating an injunction prohibiting his possession of firearms. The deputies were escorting plaintiff's former lover into…
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14012
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-14628, 16-12976
Date: September 30, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11283
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a bad-faith diversity case against GEICO for failure to settle her claim when it could and should have done so. GEICO moved for partial summary judgment and sought a determination that the jury's $900,000…
Date: September 29, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14612
Date: September 29, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14887
Date: September 29, 2016
Docket Number: 16-11223
Date: September 29, 2016
Docket Number: 16-11326
Date: September 29, 2016
Docket Number: 16-11518
Justia Opinion Summary: The firm filed suit against a consumer-debtor, Bryson Ray, in state court. After obtaining a judgment against Ray, the firm initiated a garnishment proceeding against Ray's bank to collect on the judgment. In response to…
Date: September 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10351
Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pled guilty to illegal reentry after being deported, the district court applied a sixteen-level sentencing enhancement pursuant to USSG 2L1.2(b)(1)(A) based on defendant's prior Florida conviction for…
Date: September 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14187
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against the Sheriff of Lee County, Florida, alleging wage and overtime claims. At issue is whether employees may maintain a collective action against their employer under section 216(b) of the Fair…
Date: September 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14629
Date: September 28, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10030
Date: September 28, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10136
Date: September 28, 2016
Docket Numbers: 16-11086, 17-11871
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13920
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2010, Alabama made changes to its election law that impacted the ADC’s ability to raise and spend money in state elections. The ADC filed suit challenging Alabama Code 17-5-15(b) (the PAC-to-PAC transfer ban), which…
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14040
Justia Opinion Summary: FN filed a trademark infringement action against Clyde Armory over the use of the marks "SCAR" and "SCAR-Stock" in the firearms industry. On appeal, Clyde Armory challenges the district court's partial grant of summary…
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15252
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Numbers: 16-10363, 15-11893
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10921
Date: September 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13796
Date: September 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14005
Date: September 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11838
Date: September 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14336
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, the County adopted the Lauren Book Child Safety Ordinance, Fla., Code of Ordinances ch. 21, art. XVII, which imposes a residency restriction on “sexual offenders” and “sexual predators.” The Ordinance prohibits…
Date: September 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15243
Date: September 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15322
Date: September 22, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-15407, 17-14316
Date: September 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12497
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Haiti, seeks review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's order finding him ineligible for relief from removal based on his criminal conviction for abuse of an elderly person or…
Date: September 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14913
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-14044
Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pled guilty to one count of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, he was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e), to serve 180 months in prison. The court concluded…
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 14-13754
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while aboard a vessel, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 960(b)(1)(B)(ii) and 46 U.S.C. 70503(a), 70506(a) and (b), and…
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13968
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13993
Justia Opinion Summary: The Secretary appeals the district court's grant of federal habeas relief to petitioner based on petitioner's claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) when his trial attorney advised him to turn…
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14763
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. On appeal, defendant challenged his 240 month sentence, claiming that the…
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-12237, 15-15145
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11299
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of Albania, seeks review of the BIA's order upholding the IJ's finding that his conviction for sale of a controlled substance, in violation of Florida Statute 893.13(1)(a)(1), constituted an…
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10572
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10704
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Numbers: 16-11403, 17-12764
Date: September 15, 2016
Docket Number: 14-13482
Justia Opinion Summary: The EEOC filed suit against CMS, alleging that the company's conduct discriminated on the basis of a black job applicant's race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2(a)(1) &…
Date: September 15, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13220
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 14-11346
Date: September 13, 2016
Docket Number: 13-14111
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a District of Colombia offender currently serving a sentence in a federal Bureau of Prisons facility, appealed the denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2241 petition for habeas relief. At issue is Incident Report 1507668,…
Date: September 13, 2016
Docket Number: 13-15718
Date: September 13, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14592
Date: September 12, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15149
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners challenge the Tax Court's decision sustaining the Commissioner's determination of deficiencies in petitioners' 2007 income tax return due to an improper characterization of income from the sale of property as…
Date: September 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14547
Date: September 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15387
Date: September 8, 2016
Docket Number: 13-15679
Date: September 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11662
Justia Opinion Summary: The Union filed suit to compel arbitration under its collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with Shaw. The district court granted the Union’s motion to compel arbitration and ordered the parties to select an arbitrator,…
Date: September 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13937
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13595
Date: September 6, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-15093, 14-15094, 15-12554
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 13-15779
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner challenged his petition for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. 2254, appealing his Alabama convictions for trafficking in cocaine, failure to affix a tax stamp, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Petitioner…
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12927
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13012
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13792
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, seeking to represent a class of customers, filed a civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. 1961-68, case claiming that Spirit engaged in an elaborate criminal enterprise…
