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United States Eleventh Circuit - January 2003 Opinion Summaries

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HARDWICK v. CROSBY
United States Eleventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing 
In a death penalty appeal, an attorney who provided no defense and failed to explain the significance of all available evidence at the penalty phase,... 		01/31/2003 97-2319
FORD v. BROWN
United States Eleventh Circuit
Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law 
A diversity tort action should have been dismissed under forum non conveniens, where the litigation entailed a Hong Kong-centered dispute, most of the... 		01/30/2003 01-14141
PENALTY KICK MGMT. LTD. v. COCA-COLA CO.
United States Eleventh Circuit
Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets 
Plaintiff failed to provide evidence of defendant's actual disclosure or unauthorized use of plaintiff's trade secrets under the Georgia Trade Secrets... 		01/27/2003 01-12012
FED. TRADE COMM'N v. TASHMAN
United States Eleventh Circuit
Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law 
Judgment for defendants in a Section 5 Federal Trade Commission Act action reversed, where evidence showed that reasonable consumers were likely to... 		01/24/2003 01-14137
US v. $242,484.00
United States Eleventh Circuit
Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate 
In a civil forfeiture action pursuant to 21 U.S.C. section 881(a)(6), the government's case falls short of the probable-cause line due to a complete... 		01/23/2003 01-16485
STEGER v. GEN. ELEC. CO.
United States Eleventh Circuit
Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law 
In an Age Discrimination in Employment claim, managers' decisions were partially subjective, but their decision to terminate was based on legitimate... 		01/22/2003 01-14069
IN RE THE BAL HARBOUR CLUB, INC.
United States Eleventh Circuit
Bankruptcy Law 
The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in failing to afford a debtor the benefit of "the business judgment rule," and concluding that... 		01/22/2003 00-12295
VAUGHN v. COX
United States Eleventh Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law 
A sheriff deputy is entitled to qualified immunity from a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit arising out of a police chase, because U.S. Supreme Court... 		01/22/2003 00-14380
BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVS., INC.
United States Eleventh Circuit
Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities 
The Georgia State Public Commission had no statutory authority to interpret interconnection agreements between telecommunications carriers, which were... 		01/22/2003 00-12809
WATTS v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
United States Eleventh Circuit
Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law 
The failure to exhaust administrative remedies that an ERISA plan provides, for challenging denial of a benefits claim, should not apply where that... 		01/22/2003 02-13230

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