2020 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1 - 500 of 1981
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11627
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit sua sponte vacated and withdrew its previous opinion, and issued this opinion in its place. Petitioner appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2255 petition for writ of habeas corpus.…
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13848
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit dismissed a petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's order of removal because petitioner had been convicted of an aggravated felony. In this case, the IJ and BIA found that…
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-14741, 22-10718
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11462
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11505
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11557
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 20-12166
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 17-15787
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Numbers: 15-13830, 19-11258
Justia Opinion Summary: SCAD filed suit against Sportswear for trademark infringement, unfair competition, false designation of origin, and counterfeiting under the Lanham Act, and for unfair competition and trademark infringement under Georgia…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Numbers: 17-14783, 18-14082
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12734
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff's boat was stolen, Geico denied coverage based on plaintiff's misrepresentation that he was in possession of the boat. On appeal, plaintiff argued that the district court erred in applying the doctrine of…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13087
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012, 41-year-old Karen Hubbard suffered a catastrophic stroke caused by a blood clot to her brain--a venous sinus thrombosis, a type of venous thromboembolism (VTE). She had been taking Beyaz, a birth control pill…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 20-13462
Justia Opinion Summary: Gateway is a small business debtor in an active Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding seeking a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Gateway applied for a PPP loan and falsely stated that it was not in bankruptcy…
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12686
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) and 924(e). The court held that defendant failed to show that his…
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14925
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 20-14741
Date: December 20, 2020
Docket Number: 20-14741
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12622
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's determination that petitioner should be removed from the United States because he has been convicted of two or more crimes of moral turpitude under 8 U.S.C.…
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13485
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11274
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12578
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10493
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 20-12356
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10770
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 20-12822
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-13990, 19-14871
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed separate district court orders directing defendant and MinTrade to comply with SEC subpoenas for the production of documentary evidence and testimony. The court held that the district court…
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14871
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Numbers: 17-15628, 20-12064
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13536
Justia Opinion Summary: M&M Realty entered into a contract with the William Mazzoni Trust in 2011 for the purchase of a plot of land in Boynton Beach, Florida. M&M subsequently filed suit seeking specific performance of the land sale contract…
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12383
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for review contending that the IJ erred by ordering petitioner removed under 8 U.S.C. 1182 for unlawfully entering the United States. Petitioner claims that her factual admissions…
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14414
Justia Opinion Summary: Students filed suit against Broward County and five public officials on the theory that their response to the school shooting in 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida was so incompetent that…
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11276
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 17-14291
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner challenges the application of an Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) enhancement to his 1994 sentence for the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Petitioner claims that he was…
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11247
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11271
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11535
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13474
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12872
Justia Opinion Summary: Taylor pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least five kilograms of a mixture containing a detectable amount of cocaine hydrochloride (powder cocaine) and at least 50 grams of a mixture…
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13182
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11085
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 20-12320
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10864
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10391
Date: December 5, 2020
Docket Number: 20-14418
Justia Opinion Summary: Ten days after the 2020 presidential election, plaintiff, a Georgia voter, filed suit against state election officials to enjoin certification of the general election results, to secure a new recount under different…
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14606
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Selig on her claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The Eleventh Circuit reversed the…
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15299
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for passing a fictitious financial instrument, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 514(a)(2), and of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue…
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11587
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against First Advantage, claiming that the company's upsetting report failed to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act's "maximum possible accuracy" standard. The Eleventh Circuit held that a…
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12466
Justia Opinion Summary: After R&R filed suit seeking to redeem bonds issued by Banco do Brasil, the district court dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and decided, in the alternative, that the bonds were no longer redeemable under…
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13482
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Navient and SAC after he received almost 2,000 calls regarding his unpaid student loan, alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA). The Eleventh Circuit…
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 20-14480
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Numbers: 16-10094, 19-12386
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14096
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14336
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence on Fourth Amendment grounds. Law enforcement agents had placed a GPS tracking device in two packages after finding…
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10915
Justia Opinion Summary: Recently, in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191, 2194 (2019), the Supreme Court clarified that a domestic-violence misdemeanant does not violate the prohibition on firearm possession if he does not know he is a…
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11393
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that Georgia's lethal injection protocol, as applied to his unique medical situation, violates the Eighth Amendment and that the firing squad is a readily available…
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13714
Justia Opinion Summary: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were sued in at least five class action complaints, each one alleging that the Buccaneers sent telefax advertisements in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In one class…
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13178
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14032
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11671
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Numbers: 14-10313, 20-12891, 21-10416, 22-10268
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10048
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10678
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for attempting to persuade a minor to engage in sexual activity and committing a felony involving a minor while required to register as a sex offender. The court…
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12068
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's final order affirming the IJ's denial of petitioner's motion to reopen his removal proceedings. Petitioner argued that the BIA's decision conflicts with his…
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Numbers: 15-13997, 16-17781, 17-12057, 18-12165, 19-10535, 20-10773, 20-10783
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 17-10346
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated its August 11, 2020 opinion and substituted the following opinion. Defendants appealed their convictions, sentences, and various decisions made by the district court throughout the…
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 17-15611
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity, enticing a minor to produce a sexually explicit video, and possessing and distributing child…
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10679
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that Miami Auto Max violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, seeking over $12,000 in unpaid wages and liquidated damages. After defendant refused an offer of judgment for $3,500, he went to…
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12319
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions for receiving healthcare kickback payments. At the request of the government, the district court instructed the jury that defendant violated the statute prohibiting…
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14968
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that, in the unusual circumstances of this case, Liberty still existed in 2012 sufficiently to act as the employee pension plan's sponsor under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act…
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11997
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for knowingly importing approximately 2.62 grams of U47700, a Schedule I controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 952, and possessing five firearm…
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10448
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10604
Justia Opinion Summary: Boca Raton and Palm Beach County's ordinances prohibiting therapists from engaging in counseling or any therapy with a goal of changing a minor's sexual orientation, reducing a minor's sexual or romantic attractions (at…
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11182
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of error coram nobis, seeking to vacate his alien-smuggling conviction on the ground that he received ineffective assistance of counsel when deciding to plead guilty. The Eleventh…
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11907
Justia Opinion Summary: In this "Engle progeny" case, where Florida-resident smokers sought recovery from tobacco companies for cigarette-related injuries, the Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's denial of defendants' motion for…
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12814
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10646
Date: November 19, 2020
Docket Number: 17-15259
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's 151-month sentence for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The court…
Date: November 19, 2020
Docket Number: 20-12512
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-11446, 20-10976
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14691
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13883
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a wrongful death action alleging that PAE failed to properly service and maintain the F-16 that her husband was flying when it crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. The district court granted summary judgment…
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14230
Date: November 16, 2020
Docket Numbers: 15-13997, 16-17781, 17-12057, 18-12165, 19-10535, 20-10773, 20-10783
Date: November 16, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10173
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the University and others alleging that the parties' collective bargaining agreements' (CBA) "Conflict of Interest/Outside Activities" policy was unconstitutionally vague, that his…
Date: November 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12418
Justia Opinion Summary: After the City denied zoning permits to construct a Buddhist meditation and retreat center in a residential area of Mobile, the Association and its incorporators filed suit alleging violations of the Free Exercise and…
Date: November 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13639
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that section 685.300(i)(1) defines the term "borrower defense claim" to include—rather than exclude—breach-of-contract and misrepresentation claims—and, accordingly, that section 685.300(f)…
Date: November 16, 2020
Docket Number: 20-12562
Date: November 13, 2020
Docket Number: 17-14373
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of the 28 U.S.C. 2254 habeas corpus petition. The court held that the district court did not err in concluding that petitioner was not denied his right to counsel…
Date: November 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11627
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2255 petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Eleventh Circuit granted a certificate of appealability and held that the district court violated Clisby v.…
Date: November 13, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10631
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11733
Date: November 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-12786
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated its previous opinion and issued the following opinion. Plaintiff and the Association filed suit under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the…
Date: November 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11779
Date: November 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10761
Date: November 9, 2020
Docket Number: 16-11722
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, who is civilly committed and housed in the Florida Civil Commitment Center (FCCC), filed a pro se 42 U.S.C. 1983 action alleging that, during a trip to a court hearing located about 600 miles from the FCCC,…
Date: November 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11541
Date: November 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11821
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for appellees in an action brought by appellant, alleging claims for securities fraud and state common law claims of negligence, breach of…
Date: November 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12875
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants, a medical doctor and the subchapter S Corporation for which he works, filed suit against the IRS due to penalties it assessed against them for their failure to inform the IRS about questionable deductions the…
Date: November 5, 2020
Docket Numbers: 17-15441, 18-12267, 19-12856
Date: November 5, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-11524, 19-15178
Date: November 5, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10997
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of TriNet in an action brought by TriNet, as the successor-in-interest of Gevity, a professional employer organization (PEO). Gevity…
Date: November 4, 2020
Docket Numbers: 20-11446, 21-11569, 22-11943
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12224
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's grant of habeas relief to petitioner. Petitioner argues that his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise a certain juror's presence on the trial jury.…
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10075
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10466
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11664
Date: November 2, 2020
Docket Numbers: 15-13830, 19-11258
Date: November 2, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-12276, 22-12387
Date: November 2, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-13015, 21-12160, 21-11314
Date: October 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15223
Date: October 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14314
Date: October 30, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10019
Date: October 29, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10263
Date: October 29, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10809
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 16-16486
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that Godiva chocolate stores had printed too many credit card digits on hundreds of thousands of receipts over the course of several years, and pointed out that those extra numbers were…
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12100
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14487
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10171
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Numbers: 20-11245, 20-11107
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Numbers: 15-13628, 18-11510, 18-13510, 20-10394
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court did not clearly err in finding that House Bill 836's district map violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. HB 836 reduced the size of the board from nine…
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Numbers: 16-16544, 19-11027, 19-12509
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Numbers: 17-12379, 18-14680
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and 63 month sentence for possession of an unregistered, sawed-off shotgun. The court rejected defendant's contention that the district court lacked subject matter…
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11198
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's four drug convictions and sentences for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute heroin and possessing with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl. The court held that…
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: 20-12649
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the State, arguing that O.C.G.A. 45-5-3.2 violates the Georgia Constitution and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the extent it allows the State to cancel the November…
Date: October 26, 2020
Docket Number: 17-15721
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendants' convictions for conspiring to violate, and of knowingly and willfully violating, the False Statements Act. Defendants' convictions stemmed from their ownership and operation of a…
Date: October 22, 2020
Docket Numbers: 17-12749, 19-13903
Date: October 22, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11248
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for bank fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering. The court held that the district court did not err by allowing defendant to…
Date: October 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11795
Justia Opinion Summary: After Pine Mountain granted North American Land Trust conservation easements, Pine Mountain claimed tax deductions for the easements under I.R.C. 170. The IRS denied the deductions and the tax court held that the 2005…
Date: October 22, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11511
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11809
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for conspiring to commit healthcare and wire fraud, committing healthcare fraud, conspiring to receive and pay kickbacks, receiving kickbacks, and money laundering.…
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10964
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against FEG for negligent product design after his arm was amputated when it came into contact with the unguarded blade of one of FEG's commercial meat saws, the Hobart Model 6614. Plaintiff was…
Date: October 20, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14975
Justia Opinion Summary: J-B Weld filed suit against Gorilla Glue, alleging claims for trade dress infringement under the Lanham Act, Georgia law, and the common law of unfair competition; trade dress dilution under Georgia law; and false…
Date: October 20, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15186
Justia Opinion Summary: After a bus owned by First Transit struck a vehicle occupied by plaintiffs, they filed a claim for damages against First Transit, alleging that the driver of First Transit's vehicle was negligent and that First Transit…
Date: October 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10495
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment based on qualified immunity to defendants in an 42 U.S.C. 1983 action brought by plaintiff, alleging that police officers used excessive force,…
Date: October 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10537
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. 1983 action alleging that defendant, in his official capacity as the Commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE),…
Date: October 20, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-11496, 19-11603
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose out of a dispute between two sets of lawyers who provided legal work for a mutual client. Thomas Tufts and the Tufts Law Firm, PLLC appealed the district court's order granting a motion to dismiss on…
Date: October 19, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-14676, 21-13486
Date: October 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10651
Date: October 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14971
Date: October 15, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10789
Date: October 14, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11762
Date: October 13, 2020
Docket Numbers: 15-10251, 17-11264
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against a Miami-Dade police officer under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that the officer shot him without provocation while his truck was stopped at a red light. Plaintiff is presently incarcerated, after…
Date: October 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10229
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied the petition for review of the BIA's final order of removal denying petitioner's application to adjust his status to lawful permanent resident based on his material support to a terrorist…
Date: October 9, 2020
Docket Number: 17-13455
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for conspiring with a pill mill's owners and doctors to illegally dispense controlled substances, of aiding and abetting the illegal dispensing of controlled…
Date: October 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11812
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion…
Date: October 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14182
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for seven counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance related to his prior medical practice. The court held that the district court did not…
Date: October 9, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10599
Date: October 8, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10969
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence of a firearm where the officers' investigatory stop was justified based on a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.…
Date: October 8, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11172
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for attempted possession with intent to distribute five kilograms of cocaine. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in…
Date: October 8, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-10112, 18-15210
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendants' convictions and rejected their claims under Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191, 2194 (2019). In this case, neither defendant challenged his indictment before the district…
Date: October 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12560
Date: October 8, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10805
Date: October 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13253
Date: October 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14636
Date: October 7, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10752
Date: October 7, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11429
Date: October 7, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11717
Date: October 5, 2020
Docket Numbers: 16-10141, 20-10182
Date: October 5, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15132
Date: October 2, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10534
Date: October 2, 2020
Docket Number: 20-13360
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court misapplied the Anderson-Burdick framework when it enjoined the State defendants' enforcement of a long-standing Georgia absentee ballot deadline, which requires ballots…
Date: October 1, 2020
Docket Numbers: 14-13287, 19-10957
Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Miami moved to terminate a consent decree that regulated how the City of Miami treats its homeless residents twenty years after its adoption based on changed circumstances, fulfillment of its purpose, and…
Date: October 1, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13965
Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant's conviction for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud was overturned based on insufficiency of the evidence, defendant petitioned the district court for a certificate of innocence, seeking to obtain…
Date: October 1, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12870
Date: October 1, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12950
Date: October 1, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11614
Date: September 30, 2020
Docket Number: 17-13975
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit certified the following questions of law to the Florida Supreme Court: How does Florida law define the term "purchase" for purposes of Florida Statutes 893.135(1)? More specifically, does a completed…
Date: September 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14721
Date: September 30, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11143
Date: September 30, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11553
Date: September 29, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14184
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for possessing an unregistered silencer in violation of 26 U.S.C. 5861(d) and 5871. The court rejected defendant's contention that the National Firearms…
Date: September 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10361
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, on behalf of himself and individually, filed a class action alleging that the Ritz-Carlton violated the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and Florida's tax regulations. Plaintiff's complaint…
Date: September 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11699
Justia Opinion Summary: SEPH brought an adversary proceeding in debtor's Chapter 7 bankruptcy, requesting that the bankruptcy court declare the debt to SEPH exempt from discharge under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(2)(A) and (a)(6) because debtor…
Date: September 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14377
Date: September 29, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-14924, 22-12140
Date: September 29, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11387
Date: September 28, 2020
Docket Numbers: 17-12249, 18-10987, 20-10537
Date: September 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15074
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit certified three questions of insurance law to the Georgia Supreme Court: 1) When an insurer has no notice of a lawsuit against its insured, does O.C.G.A. 33-7-15 and a virtually identical insuring…
Date: September 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13512
Date: September 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10607
Date: September 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10608
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit dismissed bankruptcy appeals filed by attorney Breuer of Moffa & Breuer, who purported to represent the Trust. The bankruptcy court disqualified attorney Moffa and Moffa & Breuer from representing…
Date: September 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12439
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit dismissed defendant's appeal of the district court's order that he claims denied him qualified immunity. The court held that the order is not appealable because the district court did not enter an…
Date: September 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13368
Justia Opinion Summary: When a defendant could not pay fines imposed by Gardendale, Alabama's municipal court immediately, she was placed on probation. A for-profit company, PPS, supervised probationers until they fully paid their fines, fees,…
Date: September 24, 2020
Docket Numbers: 20-10784, 22-11620
Date: September 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15052
Date: September 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14530
Date: September 23, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10476
Date: September 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10712
Date: September 21, 2020
Docket Numbers: 17-14772, 19-14862
Date: September 18, 2020
Docket Numbers: 16-16161, 19-13642
Date: September 18, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10577
Date: September 17, 2020
Docket Number: 18-12344
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court, in approving the class action settlement underlying this appeal, repeated several errors that have become commonplace in everyday class action practice. First, the…
Date: September 17, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13181
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff won a substantial arbitration award against his former employer, the employer sought vacatur in federal court. The district court agreed with the employer, Citi, that plaintiff had been an at-will…
Date: September 17, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13436
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution against a county sheriff's deputy. Plaintiff alleged that the deputy, or one of her law enforcement colleagues,…
Date: September 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11061
Date: September 17, 2020
Docket Numbers: 20-10825, 20-12877
Date: September 16, 2020
Docket Number: 16-17478
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of habeas relief to petitioner under 28 U.S.C. 2254. Petitioner was sentenced to death for three murders and two attempted murders of two young children.…
Date: September 16, 2020
Docket Number: 17-14322
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. 2254 to petitioner, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping, forcible rape, and malice murder of two little…
Date: September 16, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11063
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit granted the government's motion to dismiss defendant's appeal based on his sentence-appeal waiver. The court held that the sentence-appeal waiver is unambiguous and was made knowingly and…
