United States Eleventh Circuit - January 2008 Opinion Summaries

Walden v. Walker

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Bankruptcy court's removal orders, removing plaintiff as trustee in debtor's Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding is affirmed over claims that: 1) the...

Perez v. Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an overtime wages lawsuit brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, judgment finding all but one of defendants liable for a violation of the FLSA...

Cisneros v. U.S. Attorney Gen.

Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of motions to reopen removal proceedings based on exceptional circumstances is granted as the BIA abused its discretion...

Rodriguez v. Farm Stores Grocery, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a Fair Labor Standards Act case for back pay for overtime, the part of the judgments awarding damages in favor of the twenty-six store manager...

Turner v. US

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
The district court erred in exercising jurisdiction over parents' FTCA claims on behalf of a minor child. Moreover, the Naval Hospital Jacksonville is...

US v. Coastal Utils., Inc.

Public Utilities
For the reasons sated in the district court's thorough and well-reasoned order, published at U.S. v. Coastal Utils., Inc., 483 F. Supp. 2d 1232 (S.D....

Basco v. Machin

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Property Law & Real Estate
In a civil rights complaint alleging due process violations when plaintiffs' housing subsidy was terminated for the presence of an unauthorized...

Krupa v. Landsafe, Inc.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving Countrywide under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, brought on behalf of class of borrowers who had paid a $35.00 credit...

US v. Masferrer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for numerous counts relating to bank and securities fraud are affirmed over defendant's claims of error regarding: 1) the...

Flint v. Jordan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of motion under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 is affirmed where there is no Supreme Court decision mandating that petitioner's 1986 state court...