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United States Eleventh Circuit - August 2009 Opinion Summaries

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Whittier v. Kobayashi
United States Eleventh Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure 
In an action claiming that defendant-officer violated plaintiff's son's Fourth Amendment rights when he entered her home without first knocking and...
08/31/2009 08-12998
US v. Gomez
United States Eleventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure 
Defendant's identity theft conviction is vacated, where the District Court erred by failing to instruct the jury that the word "knowingly" in 18...
08/28/2009 09-11031
US v. McIntosh
United States Eleventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure 
In a drug and firearm prosecution, denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment on Double Jeopardy grounds is reversed where a defendant...
08/27/2009 08-15449
Ferguson v. Sec'y. for the Dep't of Corrs.
United States Eleventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing 
In a capital habeas matter, denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) defense counsel was not ineffective during the penalty phase because the...
08/26/2009 05-13595
US v. Felts
United States Eleventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure 
Defendant's money laundering conviction is affirmed where it is permissible for district courts to submit "promotional money laundering" and...
08/21/2009 08-11450
De La Rosa v. U.S. Atty. Gen'l.
United States Eleventh Circuit
Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law 
In a petition for review of the BIA's determination that petitioner was statutorily ineligible for a waiver of deportation, the petition is denied...
08/20/2009 08-13861
Butler v. Sukhoi Co.
United States Eleventh Circuit
Civil Procedure 
In an action to enforce a default judgment, the denial of defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint is reversed where the district court lacked...
08/19/2009 08-14523
US v. Certain Real Prop.
United States Eleventh Circuit
Asset Forfeiture, Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure 
In the government's appeal from an attorney's fee award following the dismissal of the government's civil forfeiture action, the award is reversed...
08/19/2009 08-14334
US v. Maxwell
United States Eleventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing 
Defendant's wire fraud conviction and sentence are affirmed where: 1) the district court did not improperly limit defendant's cross-examination,...
08/19/2009 07-11301
Krenkel v. Kerzner Int'l. Hotels Ltd.
United States Eleventh Circuit
Contracts, Injury & Tort Law 
In a personal injury action based on a slip and fall accident at defendants' hotel, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where a forum selection...
08/19/2009 08-15971

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