United States Eleventh Circuit - April 2005 Opinion Summaries

Mercado v. City of Orlando

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, the grant of qualified immunity to defendant-police officer is reversed where defendant used...

Green v. Elixir Indus.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination suit, plaintiff's failure to include specific allegations of hostile work environment discrimination in his EEOC charge does...

US v. Raad

Criminal Law and Procedure, Sentencing

Hamm v. James

Bankruptcy Law, Tax Law
A federal income tax credit payment is exempt from a bankruptcy estate under Alabama code section 38-4-8 regardless of whether a debtor elects to...

US v. Verbitskaya

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act is affirmed over her claim that the district court erred when it instructed the...

US v. Abreu

Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence

Harris v. Coweta County

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging the use of excessive force, denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment is reversed where...

US v. Day

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for conspiring to commit mail fraud is affirmed where the district court did not err in imposing a vulnerable victim enhancement...

Abusaid v. Hillsborough County Bd.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 claims, as barred by the Eleventh Amendment, is reversed where a county sheriff, acting to enforce a county...

Jackson v. State of Alabama

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination dispute, judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed over his claim that the jury's verdict was improperly vacated...