United States Eleventh Circuit - December 2005 Opinion Summaries

US v. R & F Props. of Lake County, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant on a qui tam relator's claim seeking recovery for the United States under the False Claims Act is reversed where the...

US v. Cain

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is vacated where the district court committed constitutional error under Booker and...

Maxcess v. Lucent Techs., Inc.

Contracts; Communications Law; Cyberspace Law; False Advertising; Civil Procedure

US v. Hernandez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence upon conviction for possession with intent to distribute two kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride and a related conspiracy charge...

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...

Gomez-Diaz v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure
The rule that a lawyer who disregards instructions from his client to appeal has acted "in a manner that is professionally unreasonable" and creating...

Rowell v. Bellsouth Corp.

Communications Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in an Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) case is affirmed where plaintiff failed to create a genuine issue of...

Algodonera de las Cabezas, S.A. v. Am. Suisse Capital, Inc.

Civil Procedure; International Law

Jaggernauth v. US Attorney Gen.

Immigration Law; Criminal Law & Procedure; Administrative Law

Betty K Agencies, Ltd. v. M/V Monada

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Sanctions, Transportation
Sua sponte order dismissing with prejudice plaintiff's maritime claims as a sanction for failure to answer a counterclaim and perfect service of...