2022 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 501 - 1000 of 1665
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11280
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arises out of the shooting death of Plaintiff’s son. It required the Eleventh Circuit to decide whether video evidence creates a genuine dispute of material fact concerning whether law enforcement officers used…
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12290
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12927
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Numbers: 16-11368, 17-15737, 21-12853
Justia Opinion Summary: AcryliCon USA, LLC (“AC-USA”) and Silikal GmbH (“Silikal”) have been fighting for years over a trade secret. The last time they were before this Court, a panel erased some of the relief awarded to AC-USA after a jury…
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10723
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a sheriff’s department employee, had an affair with the wife of a county administrator. The mistress allegedly conducted a smear campaign against Plaintiff’s wife and, when the affair ended, against Plaintiff…
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13444
Justia Opinion Summary: Sailboat Bend Sober Living, LLC (“Sailboat Bend”), a for-profit sober living home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Silboat Bend has had trouble complying with the City of Fort Lauderdale (“the City”)’s Building and Fire…
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14565
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit certified the following three questions to the Georgia Supreme Court regarding Georgia’s fiduciary duty to disclose. (1) If a confidential relationship creates a duty to disclose which, if breached,…
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11763
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants lost over $850,000 when an alleged BB&T employee and a co-conspirator impersonated them, changed their passwords, and transferred the money out of their BB&T bank accounts. Appellants sued BB&T under contract…
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-14269
Justia Opinion Summary: Several states challenged the portion of the vaccine mandate as it pertains to employees who work on or in connection with a covered contract, or share a workplace with another employee who does. The district court…
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number: 15-15228
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13218
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants 1 and 2 are siblings and were indicted on substantive counts of health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering related to their…
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13562
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-11131
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-12451
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number: 18-13995
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the district court’s order denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Eleventh Circuit issued a certificate of appealability (“COA”) with respect to: “Whether trial counsel provided…
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11777
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-11415, 20-11736, 20-12467, 20-12545
Justia Opinion Summary: The relevant consolidated appeals constitute the latest chapter of a long-running legal battle over attempts to satisfy a 2010 default judgment of $318 million under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 2333,…
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-10236, 21-10362
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-13340, 21-13387, 21-13438, 21-13454, 21-13521, 21-13522
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners petitioned for review concerning whether it was arbitrary and capricious for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Administration) to issue marketing denial orders to six tobacco companies for their…
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13451
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-14190
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number: 16-16505
Justia Opinion Summary: Following proceedings in district court, the trial court t entered a final judgment, finding Defendant liable, ordering him to disgorge over $4,000,000 in funds, and placing two of his entities under receivership in…
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14337
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a middle school student, was brought to school by his mother. He was wearing a hoodie over his head because he was embarrassed of his haircut. When Plaintiff’s mother told him to pull down the hoodie,…
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11251
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13604
Justia Opinion Summary: A federal district court decision in a declaratory judgment action that an insurance policy issued by Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London (“Underwriters”) covered certain negligent actions undertaken by the former…
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12303
Justia Opinion Summary: The appeal involves the tax consequences of Petitioners' participation in a complex tax avoidance scheme. Petitioners expected to realize an $80.9 million capital gain as a result of selling a portion of his company. The…
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number: 18-10755
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a Colombian native, was arrested in Colombia on drug trafficking charges and ultimately convicted in federal court. Petitioner now appeals the denial of both his amended 28 U.S.C. Section 2255 motion to…
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10077
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11483
Justia Opinion Summary: The former Speaker of the House of the Alabama Legislature was the target of a grand jury investigation in Lee County, Alabama. He was accused of misusing his office for personal gain, including by funneling money into…
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-14197
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Numbers: 17-10975, 18-14236, 20-13166, 23-11870
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10243
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10507
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 19-14994
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner participated in several shootings as a member of MS-13, a violent gang. He was convicted of one count of conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). He was also convicted of…
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13705
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner petitioned for review of the denial of his motion to reopen his removal proceedings. After receiving a notice to appear that initiated his removal proceedings and advised him of his obligation to keep his…
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14106
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13277
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-14193
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10195
Justia Opinion Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) initiated an enforcement action against several entities and individuals. The district court granted the unopposed motion and appointed Appellee as receiver, authorizing him…
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11333
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was taken hostage by a fleeing felon in rural Georgia. At the felon’s behest Plaintiff drove the truck toward seven officers gathered at the scene and showed no signs of stopping. As the logging truck struck…
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11892
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a commercial photographer, discovered infringing uses of his copyrighted images on the internet. Instead of pursuing the infringing parties, Plaintiff brought a lawsuit against Ice Portal, Inc. – now a…
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12834
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Florida LLC, sued a Canadian company, Teck Resources Limited, alleging that it had illegally trafficked in property to which Plaintiff says it has a claim. The district court granted Teck’s motion, holding…
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13849
Justia Opinion Summary: AFC Franchising is an Alabama LLC with its principal place of business in Shelby County, Alabama. Defendant is a resident of New York. Defendant signed a “Master Developer Agreement” with another company, Doctors Express…
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13908
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10545
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant filed various false liens against John Koskinen, the former Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and Jacob Lew, the former Secretary of the Treasury. There is no dispute that Pate filed the false liens…
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11135
Justia Opinion Summary: MSPA Claims 1 LLC—the assignee of a now-defunct Medicare Advantage Organization—sued Tower Hill Prime Insurance Company to recover a reimbursable payment. The district court granted Tower Hill’s motion for summary…
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11749
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11919
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued to obtain two insurance benefits that she believes Hartford Insurance Company owes her: (1) long-term disability payments and (2) a waiver of life insurance premiums. Although it concedes that Plaintiff…
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13806
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Numbers: 18-12215, 21-11273
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10271
Justia Opinion Summary: An Immigration Judge determined that Petitioner was ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal because she was convicted of a particularly serious crime and denied her application for protection under the…
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10557
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted tried, convicted, and sentenced to 28 months imprisonment for her part in a broader scheme to defraud the federal government out of relief funds intended for farmers affected by drought and fire.…
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10961
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10763
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was a lawful resident of the United States when, in 1996, he was convicted for the attempted sale of cocaine under New York Penal Law Sec. 220.39(1). He was sentenced to…
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11048
Justia Opinion Summary: S.S. was a student in the Cobb County School District. S.S.’s parents challenged the adequacy of the individualized educational plans. S.S.’s parents fought the school district for two years and eventually filed an…
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11315
Justia Opinion Summary: Miami Velvet operated as a swingers’ nightclub in Miami, Florida. The appellants, in this case, Yorkies and Mrs. Dorfman were Miami Velvet’s managers. Appellants appealed the district court’s final judgment, which…
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12627
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13264
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11416
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the Board of Immigration Appeals’ judgment that he is removable on the ground that he was convicted of a “crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment” within the meaning of 8 U.S.C.…
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13023
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Numbers: 17-13934, 20-14292
Justia Opinion Summary: After a thirteen-year-old victim of human trafficking performed at a City of Miami Beach (“the City”) fully nude strip club, Club Madonna, Inc. (“the Club”), the City came down hard on the Club. It enacted two closely…
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11246
Justia Opinion Summary: The Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit lost money when a short seller’s report concluded that Axogen, Inc., had overstated the market for its products, resulting in a precipitous decline in Axogen’s…
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 18-13894
Justia Opinion Summary: In this action brought by a group of pre-trial detainees challenging the constitutionality of the Cullman County bail system, the court reversed the district court's finding that the system discriminated against indigent…
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10052
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13186
Justia Opinion Summary: Under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 1132(a)(1)(B), a plan administrator’s benefits decision is subject to plenary review in federal court unless the administrator is given discretion to…
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14100
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant’s plea agreement included a “waiver of appeal” giving up “the right to appeal his conviction and sentence and the right to collaterally attack his conviction and sentence in any post-conviction proceeding…
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14352
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a shareholder and citizen of Illinois, brought this shareholder derivative action alleging breach of fiduciary duties by FleetCor’s directors and executives without first making a demand on the board.…
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10199
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a complaint against GoDaddy.com, LLC (“GoDaddy”) in district court alleging that GoDaddy had violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”) when it allegedly called and texted Plaintiff…
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13535
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11850
Justia Opinion Summary: Affordable Bio Feedstock, Inc., and Affordable Bio Feedstock of Port Charlotte, LLC, (collectively “ABF”) appealed the District Court’s summary judgment denying their claim for reimbursement of “protest payments” made to…
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12166
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13128
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-12345
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12136
Justia Opinion Summary: While Plaintiff was intoxicated and handcuffed, former deputy sheriff (“Deputy”) pushed Plaintiff onto a concrete floor, breaking Plaintiff’s left arm. In response to a complaint from Plaintiff’s husband, the Pinellas…
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-14096
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14091
Justia Opinion Summary: An anonymous complaint led to Plaintiff’s arrest and trial on charges of aggravated animal cruelty, battery on an officer, and resisting arrest. After a jury acquitted Plaintiff, he sued the officers who arrested him. At…
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11787
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13776
Justia Opinion Summary: Técnicas Reunidas de Talara S.A.C., a Peruvian corporation, subcontracted with SSK Ingeniería y Construcción S.A.C., another Peruvian corporation, to provide electromechanical work on the refinery project. In response to…
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12789
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13336
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 19-10604
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners filed for rehearing in Robert W. Otto, et al. v. City of Boca Raton, Florida, et al. The Eleventh Circuit requested a poll on whether this case should be reheard by the court sitting en banc. A majority of…
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10132
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff received MemoryGel Silicone Gel Breast Implants made by Mentor Worldwide, LLC. After one of her implants ruptured, she sued Mentor pro se, alleging negligence and negligence per se, strict liability failure to…
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13024
Justia Opinion Summary: Georgia enacted the Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act in 2019. 2019 Ga. Laws Act 234 (H.B. 481). A group of abortion-rights advocacy groups, providers, and practitioners filed a two-count complaint naming…
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 19-11449
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13576
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner along with his mother, little sister, and two young cousins—crawled under a border fence that separated Mexico from Arizona. The United States Border Patrol agents soon apprehended them walking north along a…
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13660
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sued the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia or FARC) and related parties under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 2333. They based their claims on…
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12281
Justia Opinion Summary: An assistant district attorney (the “DA”) in Fulton County, Georgia obtained a material witness warrant requiring Plaintiff to appear as a witness at trial. Plaintiff voluntarily appeared at trial, making execution of…
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14647
Justia Opinion Summary: Beaulieu Group, LLC (“Beaulieu”), was “engaged in the distribution of carpet and hard surface flooring products in both residential and commercial markets in the United States and many foreign countries.” Beaulieu added…
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11547
Justia Opinion Summary: Various actors in the Medicare Advantage program assigned claims for failure to pay or reimburse medical expenses owed under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act to Plaintiffs—MSP Recovery Claims, Series LLC; MSPA Claims 1,…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 19-12951
Justia Opinion Summary: A federal grand jury returned a sealed indictment against Defendant (“Senior”) and co-Defendant, his son, (“Junior”). The jury convicted Senior on all counts and Junior on counts one (conspiracy) and two (wire fraud).…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-14316, 20-11335, 20-12334
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14749
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10855
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12854
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13493
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-14064
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Numbers: 22-10146, 21-12873
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11271
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, who is serving two death sentences and a term of life imprisonment, filed a federal habeas petition alleging that his counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance during the penalty phase and that…
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12997
Justia Opinion Summary: On appeal, Defendant challenged his convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and possessing with intent to distribute. Defendant’s four claims on appeal focused on three discrete portions of his…
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10659
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his total life sentence following his conviction for enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and production of child pornography. Defendant argued that his life sentence, imposed after an…
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11014
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11773
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 19-13297
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner went to trial for three counts of tax fraud under 18 U.S.C. Sections 2 and 287 and one count of attempted tax evasion under 26 U.S.C. Section 7201. A jury convicted on all four counts, and he was sentenced to…
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-14390
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 19-12708
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction on 47 counts related to his role in smuggling aliens into the United States. Defendant raised five discrete issues on appeal: (1) whether the Government’s delay in securing his…
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Numbers: 20-12957, 20-12959, 20-12961, 20-14320, 20-14318, 20-14319
Justia Opinion Summary: Several years ago, law firm Lueder, Larkin & Hunter represented the Pine Grove Homeowners Association in lawsuits seeking to collect delinquent fees from homeowners. One homeowner settled, and eventually Pine Grove…
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10994
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff regularly used Roundup on his lawn for about 30 years. Plaintiff was diagnosed with malignant fibrous histiocytoma, which he believes was linked to the main chemical ingredient in Roundup. Plaintiff filed…
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-13805, 21-13484
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Numbers: 17-10944, 19-11930
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Numbers: 18-14092, 21-10872
Justia Opinion Summary: Royal Palm Properties, LLC ("Royal Palm") sued Pink Palm Properties, LLC ("Pink Palm)" for trademark infringement and Pink Palm countersued. Both parties ultimately lost on their claims. Pink Palm asserted that it was…
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11134
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12535
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13115
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14340
Justia Opinion Summary: Immigration Petitioner petitioned for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision that concluded that Petitioner was removable based on (1) his two state convictions for felony transporting into Virginia…
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10741
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. After pulling Defendant over in a rental vehicle for running a stop sign and arresting him for resisting, the Tampa Police…
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12636
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14286
Justia Opinion Summary: Charles and Tracy Lamirand took out a mortgage loan to buy a home in Florida but did not keep up with the payments. After they defaulted, the loan servicer sued to foreclose on the home. While the foreclosure suit was…
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12686
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 15-13160
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a lifelong smoker, sued Philip Morris USA, Inc., seeking damages for the injuries she sustained as a result of smoking Philip Morris’s cigarettes, specifically her development of peripheral vascular disease…
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11218
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was imprisoned at Hays State Prison after he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. While he lived there, Plaintiff killed another inmate by stabbing him with a knife during a fight. Plaintiff disagreed with…
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14484
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-11019, 21-11502
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and his counsel, Anderson + Wanca (“Wanca”), appealed the district court’s denial of their motion for Wanca to receive a portion of the attorneys’ fees resulting from the settlement of a class-action lawsuit…
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Numbers: 18-11096, 20-12206
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. Section 2255 motion to vacate his 293-month prison sentence and convictions. Petitioner argued to the district court that his trial counsel provided…
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11189
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff agreed to help Defendants LLC obtain financing, and Defendants agreed to assign Plaintiff and his company their majority stake in the LLC.AN issue arose regarding what that assignment entailed. After years of…
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11774
Justia Opinion Summary: Public Risk Management of Florida (“PRM”) Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. (“Munich”) for breach of contract and sought declaratory relief that Munich is obligated by the parties’ reinsurance agreement (“the Reinsurance…
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Numbers: 15-14390, 19-13285
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, Wreal, LLC, a pornography company, has been using the mark “FyreTV” in commerce since 2008. Defendant, Amazon.com, Inc., has been using the mark “Fire TV” (or “fireTV”) in commerce since 2012. Wreal contended…
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-13153, 21-12867
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-12733
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was working as a human resources manager for Georgia Pacific when she gave deposition testimony in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against her former employer. A week after finding out that she had testified…
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10931
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff wanted to share his religious message on the public streets and sidewalks of Fort Myers Beach, Florida (“the Town”). However, to reduce visual blight and increase traffic safety, Chapter 30 of the Town’s Land…
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11070
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff suffered serious injuries in an automobile accident and won over $12 million in a suit against the other driver. To recover the judgment, Plaintiff sued that driver’s insurance company on the theory that it…
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11833
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff’s spouse was a medical doctor employed by NCHMD, Inc., which is a subsidiary of NCH Healthcare System, Inc. NCHMD’s human resources staff helped the spouse complete enrollment paperwork for life insurance…
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12817
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-12277
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs worked as property damage investigators for OSP Prevention Group. After their employment with OSP ended, Plaintiffs brought Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) claims against the company and its owner…
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10432
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a court-appointed receiver, appealed the district court’s dismissal of his aiding and abetting claims on behalf of the companies in receivership (the Receivership Entities) against PNC Bank. The district court…
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12148
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff applied for disability benefits, alleging that, as of August 2016, she was unable to work because of degenerative disc disease, bulging and herniated discs, other spine issues, fatigue, migraines, asthma, fatty…
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-13535
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10122
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs accused the City of Doraville, Georgia, of violating their right to due process. Each of the four Plaintiffs received citations from the City for traffic or property code violations and were ordered to pay…
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12901
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 19-14689
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12295
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13452
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10285
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff an attorney employed by the Atlanta Housing Authority (“AHA”), which is a recipient of federal grant funds—was fired after challenging the negotiation tactics of AHA’s new CEO (“CEO”). Plaintiff’s complaints…
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11681
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit was tasked with determining whether the Tampa Electric Company violated OSHA’s Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (“HAZWOPER”) standard when employees at one of its power plants…
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-11454, 22-10072
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff’s doctors prescribed him Optune, a medical technology that had recently received FDA approval for treating recurrent GBM. The device delivers tumor treating field therapy (TTFT) to inhibit cancer-cell…
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14517
Justia Opinion Summary: Great Lakes Insurance SE (“Great Lakes”) and Wave Cruiser LLC (“Wave Cruiser”) were involved in an insurance dispute. Wave Cruiser purchased an “all risks” insurance policy from Great Lakes covering a vessel that Wave…
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10010
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-14729, 22-13779
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14629
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued Defendant over 107 acres of land that Plaintiff says should have been included in a mortgage signed over to him in 2012 from Defendant’s father-in-law. That mortgage was the major part of a settlement…
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-10085, 21-12500
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11548
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12308
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 18-12371
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 action against several DeKalb County, Georgia investigators, alleging that they violated his constitutional rights during his arrest. Plaintiff claimed that S.D. used excessive…
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10770
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Jewish inmate at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, did not participate in Passover in 2018 because he failed to register 45 days prior to its celebration as required by the Jail’s…
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13963
Justia Opinion Summary: In Defendant’s presentence investigation report (“PSI”), the probation officer determined that Jackson’s prior criminal history qualified him for an Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) sentencing enhancement. ACCA applies…
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10008
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Numbers: 18-14808, 19-13269
Justia Opinion Summary: The appeals at issue involve two conceptually different causes of action against separate Defendants. These claims were pled together and tried to a jury empaneled for each claim. In one claim, Plaintiff, an at-will…
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14044
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a claim against Miami-Dade County under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Plaintiff claimed she was a county employee and that the County abused the Program to save labor costs; the County argued…
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14540
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs—five organizations and two individual voters from Gwinnett County, Georgia—alleged that absentee ballot applications and voting-related information should have been, but were not, provided in both English and…
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 19-14058
Justia Opinion Summary: After being stopped for driving without a license, removal proceedings were initiated against Petitioner. In response, Petitioner applied for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. Section 1229b which the Immigration…
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 19-14099
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff retained an attorney of the Advocacy Law Firm to sue Defendants for alleged ADA violations following Plaintiff’s visit to Defendants’ place of business. The attorney has filed hundreds of lawsuits under the ADA…
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Numbers: 20-12083, 20-13144
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11974
Justia Opinion Summary: Dukes Clothing, LLC (“Dukes”) operated two clothing stores. As a result of the state orders and a customer’s exposure to COVID-19, Dukes was forced to close its doors. These closures resulted in lost business income for…
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-12107
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10799
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-14156
Justia Opinion Summary: When the first Covid-19 cases appeared in Georgia, the governor declared a public state of emergency. Plaintiff’s restaurant played its part by suspending dine-in service. To recover the income, it was losing by closing…
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13605
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13709
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-14664, 20-14763
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10559
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11580
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11020
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11593
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13449
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11035
Justia Opinion Summary: Following a guilty plea, Defendant objected to the presentence investigation report (“PSI”) arguing that pursuant to Section 2M5.2(a)(2), his base offense level should have been 14 rather than 26 because the weapons…
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13477
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a putative class action lawsuit against brokerage firm Hornor, Townsend & Kent (“HTK”) and its parent company The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. The complaint alleged that HTK breached its fiduciary…
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-13151
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13039
Justia Opinion Summary: Corporacion AIC, SA (“AICSA”) and Hidroelectrica Santa Rita S.A. (“HSR”), signed a contract for the construction of a hydroelectric power plant in Guatemala. Under the contract, AICSA was responsible for creating a new…
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13645
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his 180-month sentence for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. At sentencing, the district court concluded that Defendant qualified for an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal…
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10992
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