United States Eleventh Circuit - November 2003 Opinion Summaries

DURRUTHY v. PASTOR

Civil Rights, Media Law
In a civil rights action alleging wrongful arrest and excessive force, a police officer, who arrested a freelance cameraman standing in an busy...

SUMMERS v. DILLARDS, INC.

Attorney Fees, Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law

WHETSTONE CANDY CO., INC. v. KRAFT FOODS, INC.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Under the express language of a settlement agreement between the plaintiff and defendant, a subsidiary of defendant is not bound by the terms of the...

US v. ONABANJO

Immigration, Family Law

MEDBERRY v. CROSBY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Grant of certificate of appealability on habeas corpus petitions challenging two separate prison disciplinary actions against petitioner are reversed...

SILVA v. BIELUCH

Labor & Employment Law
In an action by deputy sheriffs who filed suit after they were transferred from their probationary lieutenancies back to their previous positions by...

US v. $242,484.00

Asset Forfeiture
In a civil forfeiture action applying 21 U.S.C. section 881(a)(6) (1994), because the circumstances are insufficient to establish the needed probable...

KLAUBER v. CITY OF SARASOTA

Constitutional Law

EVANS v. CITY OF ZEBULON

Constitutional Law
Although a strip/body cavity search was unconstitutional, both with respect to the initiation of the searches and with respect to the manner in which...

US v. YOUNG

Criminal Law & Procedure, Tax Law
Convictions and sentences for multiple tax related violations are affirmed in all respects, and when defendants elected to ship the ill-gotten...