United States Eleventh Circuit - January 2005 Opinion Summaries

HERRING v. DEPT. OF CORR.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Death row inmate raises three meritless points of error on direct review.

ORTEGA v. BIBB COUNTY SCH. DIST.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit, an order denying defendant-school's motion for summary judgment is reversed where plaintiff has no valid cause of action for...

VECTOR PROD. INC. v. HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.

Insurance Law, False Advertising

IN RE: ANDERSON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's application for leave to file a second or successive motion to correct his federal sentence is denied where he has failed to show the...

US V. RUBBO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The right to appeal a sentence based on US v. Booker, 2005 WL 50108 (2005), grounds can be waived in a plea agreement.

WILLIAMS v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for drug and bank fraud convictions is affirmed over his challenge that the sentence-appeal waiver in his plea agreement did not...

BAUTISTA v. STAR CRUISES

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful death action stemming from an explosion aboard a cruise ship, the seamen employment contract exemption, contained in the Federal...

LITTLE v. HOLDER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition is affirmed over his challenge that he is entitled to credit against his federal sentence for the time he spent...

US v. DRURY

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for violating the federal murder-for-hire statute, 18 U.S.C. section 1958, is affirmed over defendant's challenge that the...

TAYLOR v. US

Criminal Law and Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law