2021 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1001 - 1500 of 1848
Date: June 2, 2021
Docket Numbers: 13-14846, 18-12321, 19-11106, 19-13582, 20-11475
Date: June 2, 2021
Docket Numbers: 18-14248, 20-12267
Date: June 2, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-13276, 19-13381
Justia Opinion Summary: The FDA filed suit against the Clinic, alleging that the Clinic's stem cell procedure violates the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act. The Clinic offers a procedure, which purportedly treats all kinds of chronic…
Date: June 1, 2021
Docket Numbers: 17-15226, 18-12828, 20-12978
Date: June 1, 2021
Docket Number: 18-10151
Date: June 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12525
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit concluded that, under Florida law, the policy exclusion barring coverage for claims arising out of an invasion of privacy unambiguously excludes coverage for claims alleging violations of the…
Date: June 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-15091
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's decision denying petitioner's applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The court concluded…
Date: June 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11006
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Progressive in a third-party bad-faith action brought by plaintiff. Plaintiff claimed that Progressive was collaterally estopped by…
Date: May 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11915
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that a certificate of appealability is required when a federal prisoner obtains relief through a postconviction motion, 28 U.S.C. 2255, and appeals the decision to correct only the illegal…
Date: May 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13764
Date: May 28, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-10237, 19-14147
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court's order denying defendant's motion to modify a protective order. Defendant, who was sued for her alleged involvement in money laundering and market manipulation schemes,…
Date: May 27, 2021
Docket Number: 18-14654
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants were convicted of bribery under 18 U.S.C. 666(a)(2) and other charges related to their involvement in concealing payments to Alabama Representative Oliver Robinson, through his charitable foundation in…
Date: May 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13821
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the school district, claiming discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act; interference with her Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) rights; and…
Date: May 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13824
Date: May 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14689
Justia Opinion Summary: In this dispute over an illegal stranger-originated life insurance (STOLI) policy, the district court found that the AIG Policy at issue lacked an insurable interest at its inception and was therefore void under Delaware…
Date: May 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10648
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's dismissal of her complaint against Floridian, in an action alleging that Floridian violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) based on barriers to access she…
Date: May 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13293
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court's denial of defendant's motion for compassionate release. Defendant contends that his conditions of hypertension, latent tuberculosis, and obesity, create a high risk he…
Date: May 26, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-13698, 20-14736, 22-11898
Date: May 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11424
Date: May 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13452
Date: May 25, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-11888, 20-14462
Date: May 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12272
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendants' convictions and sentences for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349; and wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Defendants' convictions stemmed…
Date: May 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13393
Date: May 25, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-14557, 21-10378
Date: May 24, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-10461, 20-13980
Date: May 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12832
Date: May 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11587
Date: May 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12622
Date: May 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12622
Date: May 21, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12406
Date: May 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10742
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's imposition of an electronic search condition on defendant's conditions of supervised release and affirmed his above-guideline 30-month sentence for being a felon in…
Date: May 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11995
Justia Opinion Summary: Statewide harvests and hauls fruit from about 1,500 fields for Florida farmers. It does not own any of the lands it harvests. In 2014-2017, Statewide employed mostly temporary foreign guest workers as its seasonal…
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Numbers: 18-10526, 20-11364
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13287
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the government in an action challenging USCIS's decision determining that plaintiff was ineligible for adjustment of status due to…
Date: May 19, 2021
Docket Number: 15-12311
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, Potts pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(iii) and 846. In a consolidated case, Potts pled guilty to conspiracy to manufacture, possess with…
Date: May 19, 2021
Docket Numbers: 18-11060, 20-12939
Date: May 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12623
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for attempted enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity and traveling across a state line with the intent to engage in sexual activity…
Date: May 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12858
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court's order denying defendant's motion for a sentence reduction under section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018. The court agreed with the government that defendant was…
Date: May 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12797
Date: May 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13804
Date: May 18, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14650
Justia Opinion Summary: Garcon pleaded guilty to attempted possession of 500 grams or more of cocaine with intent to distribute. Garcon faced a five-year statutory minimum sentence. His PSR recommended a three-point reduction for timely…
Date: May 18, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14883
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he was convicted of selling heroin and possessing a firearm as a felon. In this case, after agreeing to sell heroin and a firearm to a confidential…
Date: May 17, 2021
Docket Numbers: 15-10491, 18-12198, 18-14380, 20-13957
Date: May 17, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11546
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's order dismissing plaintiffs' Title VII retaliation claims against Bradley Arant and grant of summary judgment to Marion Bank on the Title VII retaliation claims. Bradley…
Date: May 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12898
Date: May 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13757
Date: May 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14420
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the Commissioner's denial of plaintiff's application for disability insurance benefits pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 405(g). The court held that there is no apparent conflict between one's…
Date: May 13, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11378
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that the term "sexual activity" in USSG 2422(b) does not require interpersonal physical contact. In this case, defendant's conduct with respect to the nine-year old victim—including sending her…
Date: May 13, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13366
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, who was initially sentenced for crack-related crimes to a term of "life imprisonment without release," moved to modify his sentence under the First Step Act and 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(B). The district court…
Date: May 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10165
Date: May 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11209
Date: May 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11555
Date: May 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13562
Date: May 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12508
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit lacked jurisdiction to consider a petition challenging the Board's decision on appeal that preconclusion voluntary departure was not warranted in petitioner's case. Petitioner contends that he would…
Date: May 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13105
Date: May 7, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14267
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a corrupt former police officer who was sentenced to prison for running drugs and guns, filed a motion seeking a reduction in his sentence under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A). The district court denied the motion…
Date: May 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11469
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the Douglas County Sheriff, in his official capacity, under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that the Sheriff operates the jail with a policy that allows "cross-gender supervision of inmates without…
Date: May 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12600
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court concluded that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals' (CCA) denial of petitioner's…
Date: May 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13415
Date: May 6, 2021
Docket Number: 17-15470
Justia Opinion Summary: The en banc court vacated defendant's convictions, concluding that the district court abused its discretion in dismissing a juror and the removal violated defendant's right under the Sixth Amendment to a unanimous jury…
Date: May 6, 2021
Docket Numbers: 18-10740, 19-13694
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's dismissal based on lack of standing of his claims against the City under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of…
Date: May 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13690
Justia Opinion Summary: The district court held on summary judgment that, under Eleventh Circuit precedent, federal maritime law requires strict compliance with captain and crew warranties in a marine insurance policy. The district court…
Date: May 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13812
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal, the Eleventh Circuit considered a question of first impression: whether the district court has authority to remand a case based on a procedural defect in removal when (1) a motion to remand for lack of…
Date: May 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13877
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the Alabama Deputy Fire Marshal and several law enforcement officers, ATF Agents, and other unnamed officers, alleging claims related to a fire inspection the Fire Marshal performed on…
Date: May 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14771
Justia Opinion Summary: After a law enforcement reverse sting operation caught petitioner in the midst of an effort to commit armed robbery of a house he believed held the cocaine stash of a Colombian drug cartel, a jury convicted petitioner of…
Date: May 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11719
Date: May 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12909
Date: April 30, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11131
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence of firearms found in plain view during the search of a house. The court concluded that the officers had reasonable…
Date: April 30, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-12029, 19-12085, 19-12091, 19-12092, 19-12357, 19-12358, 19-13024
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal consolidates seven separate cases that three related corporate entities, MSP, originally filed in Florida state court against seventeen insurance companies. The district court granted MSP's motions to remand…
Date: April 30, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14589
Justia Opinion Summary: 28 U.S.C. 1346(a)(1) does not confer jurisdiction, concurrent with the United States Court of Federal Claims, over a taxpayer's civil action against the government solely for overpayment interest owed to the taxpayer.…
Date: April 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12291
Date: April 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10900
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and her husband filed suit against Ethicon and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson, in the Southern District of Florida for failure to warn of the adverse health consequences of an Artisyn YMesh implant.…
Date: April 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14013
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's 70 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court concluded that, even if it accepted defendant's contention that the…
Date: April 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14446
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants Lee, Bennett, and the law firm challenge the district court's orders requiring the firm to pay $15,000 into the court's registry and directing that $7,000 of those funds be paid to the Criminal Justice Act…
Date: April 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10695
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Experian, alleging that the credit reporting agency violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act's (FCRA) requirements. The district court concluded that Experian did not violate the FCRA and…
Date: April 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13101
Date: April 27, 2021
Docket Number: 18-12147
Date: April 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11994
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the Tax Court's decision upholding the Commissioner's determination that petitioner owes an income tax deficiency for 2011. The court concluded that the Tax Court did not clearly err in…
Date: April 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13626
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that a Florida statute, Fla. Stat. 375.251(2)(a), which speaks in broad and unqualified terms, means exactly what it says—that an owner incurs no ordinary duty of care to, and no duty to warn,…
Date: April 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11408
Date: April 26, 2021
Docket Number: 16-12866
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2254 habeas corpus petition in a case where petitioner was convicted of two murders and sentenced to death. The court concluded that…
Date: April 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11624
Date: April 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13549
Date: April 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14464
Justia Opinion Summary: The Government filed suit to enforce the IRS assessment of a penalty against defendant for failing for the year 2007 to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 5321. The district…
Date: April 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-15144
Date: April 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10869
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Intuitive for injuries following a surgical procedure, seeking money damages. After a two-day Daubert hearing, the district court agreed with Intuitive's position and excluded the testimony…
Date: April 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13681
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated its previous opinion and substituted it with the following opinion. The court affirmed defendant's conviction for five counts of armed robbery and carrying a firearm in furtherance of the…
Date: April 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14958
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against USAA on behalf of himself and a putative class for declaratory judgments that USAA's method to calculate insurance payments was inconsistent with Florida law and the insurance policy. The…
Date: April 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12916
Date: April 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13706
Date: April 21, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14434
Justia Opinion Summary: After a debt collector electronically transmitted data concerning a consumer's debt to a third-party vendor, the third-party vendor then used the data to create, print, and mail a "dunning" letter to the consumer. The…
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Numbers: 17-13526, 18-14682
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, a deputy in the sheriff's office, under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights were violated when the deputy seized his iPhone after plaintiff took…
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10014
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit sua sponte vacated its previous opinion and substituted the following opinion. These appeals arose from a Title VII action filed by four ultrasound technologists against the Secretary, alleging that…
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11408
Justia Opinion Summary: The Sentencing Guidelines' enhancements under subsections 2L1.2(b)(2) and (3), for criminal convictions received before and after the defendant's previous deportation or removal, do not violate the Constitution's…
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11393
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-14244, 21-12669
Date: April 19, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-14447, 19-14452, 22-10905
Date: April 16, 2021
Docket Number: 18-12676
Justia Opinion Summary: This panel originally held that binding circuit precedent required that it conclude that nominal damages claims alone could not save appellants' otherwise moot constitutional challenges. On March 8, 2021, the Supreme…
Date: April 16, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-10679, 20-11576
Date: April 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13397
Justia Opinion Summary: In this libel case, the Eleventh Circuit held that New York's "fair and true report" privilege, codified as N.Y. Civ. Rights Law 74, applies to the fair and true publication of the contents of a document that was filed…
Date: April 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12717
Justia Opinion Summary: After the district court construed defendant's pro se letter as a motion for a sentence reduction and, without giving him any opportunity to be heard, denied the motion, defendant filed a pro se motion for…
Date: April 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13843
Justia Opinion Summary: A majority of the active judges of the Eleventh Circuit voted to rehear this case en banc. This petition for writ of mandamus arises under the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA), 18 U.S.C. 3771. Petitioner, one of more…
Date: April 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12154
Date: April 12, 2021
Docket Numbers: 18-11210, 19-14302
Date: April 9, 2021
Docket Number: 17-10792
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury returned a verdict in plaintiff's favor on his claim of First Amendment retaliation, he was awarded only one dollar in nominal damages because the Eleventh Circuit has interpreted the Prison Litigation…
Date: April 9, 2021
Docket Number: 18-10151
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit sua sponte vacated its previous opinion and substituted the following opinion. In 2015, plaintiffs filed suit challenging Alabama's 2011 Photo Voter Identification Law passed by the Alabama…
Date: April 8, 2021
Docket Number: 18-14214
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for possessing a firearm while being a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). The court concluded that the district court did not abuse its…
Date: April 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12547
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury found that the manufacturer breached its duty to sell its products to certain customers exclusively through the distributor, the manufacturer appealed the denial of a directed verdict as to the status of two…
Date: April 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12775
Date: April 7, 2021
Docket Numbers: 13-12082, 15-10779, 16-16823, 19-14097, 20-13367
Date: April 7, 2021
Docket Number: 17-13467
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a long-time customer with a visual disability who must access websites with screen reader software, filed suit against Winn-Dixie under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) after he was…
Date: April 7, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-13153, 21-12867
Date: April 7, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14110
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a Cuban citizen, petitioned for review of the BIA's order affirming the denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), and relief under the…
Date: April 6, 2021
Docket Numbers: 17-10695, 17-12184
Date: April 6, 2021
Docket Numbers: 18-13173, 19-13974
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that the Employment Retirement Income Security Act's (ERISA) fee-shifting provision, 29 U.S.C. 1132(g)(1), cannot support a fee award against a party's counsel. The court explained that the…
Date: April 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12605
Justia Opinion Summary: A Florida conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Fla. Stat. 790.23(1)(a), is categorically an aggravated felony under the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(E)(ii). The Eleventh…
Date: April 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13352
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, a police officer, under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and Georgia state laws, alleging claims for unlawful entry, false arrest, excessive force, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment,…
Date: April 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13461
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff seriously injured her knee while at work, Hospital Housekeeping told her nothing about her rights under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), instead handling the injury solely as a workers' compensation…
Date: April 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13513
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's order granting summary judgment to AMR in a Title VII action brought by plaintiff, alleging failure to accommodate his religious requirement, discrimination on the basis…
Date: April 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14543
Date: April 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14943
Justia Opinion Summary: After an ATF reverse sting operation caught petitioner in the midst of an effort to commit armed robbery of a house he believed held the cocaine stash of a Colombian cartel, a jury convicted petitioner of both conspiring…
Date: April 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-15081
Date: April 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14455
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a putative class action against Comcast, alleging that it had violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Plaintiff claimed that when he called Comcast to inquire about pricing and services, a Comcast…
Date: April 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10729
Date: April 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12924
Date: April 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12974
Date: April 1, 2021
Docket Number: 16-16492
Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit reversed and remanded on plaintiff's age discrimination and gender discrimination claims, affirming the Title VII retaliation and hostile work environment claims.…
Date: April 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11045
Justia Opinion Summary: The required service of a "notice of a motion to vacate" under 9 U.S.C. 12 is not accomplished by emailing to opposing counsel a "courtesy copy" of a memorandum in support of that motion where, as here, the party to be…
Date: April 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12488
Date: March 31, 2021
Docket Number: 13-14635
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit concluded that petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling as he demonstrated that he exercised reasonable diligence in pursuing his rights and he further demonstrated extraordinary circumstances—his…
Date: March 31, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14825
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit granted a petition for review of the BIA's order of removal of petitioner as an alien convicted of aggravated felonies after his admission to the United States. In this case, petitioner was a citizen…
Date: March 30, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14175
Date: March 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11519
Date: March 30, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-12556, 20-10999
Date: March 29, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13012
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against NCL, alleging that its medical staff failed to diagnose and properly manage his status and failed to evacuate him from a cruise ship he was aboard. The district court granted NCL's motion for…
Date: March 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13442
Date: March 25, 2021
Docket Number: 18-12891
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition as untimely. Petitioner argues that the district court erred by taking judicial notice of the online state court dockets…
Date: March 25, 2021
Docket Number: 18-14802
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit concluded that this court's and the Florida state courts' precedent are clear that petitioner's amended state-court motion for postconviction relief relates back to his initial postconviction motion,…
Date: March 25, 2021
Docket Number: 18-14857
Justia Opinion Summary: McKiver is serving a mandatory 25-year sentence for a crime he committed shortly after he graduated high school. He admitted to stealing oxycodone pills from his neighbor; the state never disputed that he consumed those…
Date: March 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11681
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sued Morrison in Alabama state court in 2006, alleging common-law fraud and Alabama Securities Act violations, later adding claims under the Alabama Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, alleging that Morrison had…
Date: March 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13504
Date: March 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10014
Justia Opinion Summary: These appeals arose from a Title VII action filed by four ultrasound technologists against the Secretary, alleging that their supervisors and coworkers retaliated against them and subjected them to a hostile work…
Date: March 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13681
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for five counts of armed robbery and carrying a firearm in furtherance of the robberies. The court concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion when…
Date: March 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10366
Date: March 23, 2021
Docket Number: 18-13106
Date: March 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12089
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10115
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12223
Date: March 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14336
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Tugalo, his cousin and Tugalo President Thomas Gilmer, and Tugalo's directors in a 17-count complaint, alleging that Gilmer misappropriated corporate funds and that the company's board let it…
Date: March 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10221
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the tax court's denial of taxpayer's request to sever her liability for unpaid tax liabilities from joint tax returns for the 2008, 2009, and 2010 tax years based on the innocent spouse…
Date: March 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10390
Date: March 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12205
Date: March 18, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10950
Justia Opinion Summary: In a case involving an alleged multi-billion-dollar conspiracy to defraud the Venezuelan state-owned oil company known as PDVSA, the Trust filed suit alleging that it had authority to do so as an assignee of PDVSA…
Date: March 18, 2021
Docket Number: 19-15014
Date: March 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11619
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that evidence that an employee makes three to five phone calls per week to out-of-state customers and vendors provides a legally sufficient basis for a reasonable jury to find that the employee…
Date: March 18, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-11638, 22-12010
Date: March 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12553
Date: March 17, 2021
Docket Number: 17-13547
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Mayweather, Fluelllen, Williams, and Tucker appealed their convictions for Hobbs Act extortion and attempted distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine. Defendants were corrections officers caught in an FBI…
Date: March 17, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12908
Date: March 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10379
Date: March 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11175
Date: March 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11359
Date: March 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13570
Date: March 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14441
Justia Opinion Summary: After taxpayers filed suit challenging the IRS's deficiency findings and penalties, the tax court sustained the deficiency determinations but rejected the accuracy-related penalties. In this case, the Miccosukee Tribe…
Date: March 12, 2021
Docket Number: 18-10912
Justia Opinion Summary: On its own motion, the Eleventh Circuit vacated its previously issued opinion and substituted the following opinion in its place. Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against two police officers, alleging that the…
Date: March 12, 2021
Docket Number: 18-14797
Justia Opinion Summary: Three plaintiffs, seeking to represent a putative class of 3,000 nursing facility residents, filed a class action complaint against (MMI) and its president in Florida state court. After defendants removed to the district…
Date: March 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13147
Date: March 11, 2021
Docket Number: 17-15194
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's 28 U.S.C. 2255 petition collaterally attacking his conviction for conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence or…
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