United States Eleventh Circuit - March 2008 Opinion Summaries

US v. Svete

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Defendants' conviction and sentence for multiple offenses including conspiracy, mail fraud, mail laundering, and interstate transportation of money...

CSX Transp., Inc. v. State Bd. of Equalization

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law, Transportation
On remand from the Supreme Court which reversed the circuit court's prior decision in the matter, the district court's judgment is affirmed in part,...

Downs v. McNeils

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus as untimely because it was filed 8 days beyond the one-year limitations period provided by 28...

Rivell v. Private Health Care

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action involving equitable and legal claims against defendants for appropriation of plaintiff-physicians' names and identities to market and...

US v. Maupin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentences for child pornography-related offenses are affirmed where the district court did not err in enhancing defendant's sentences pursuant to 18...

Friedman v. Market Street Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An order certifying a class of persons represented by named plaintiffs, in which the stated common question of law was whether defendant violated...

Devine v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a prisoner's 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence is affirmed over claims of: 1) inadequate consultation...

Trawick v. Allen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a habeas corpus petition in a death penalty case is affirmed over a claim that the State of Alabama exercised its peremptory strikes in a...

Rioux v. City of Atlanta

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a civil rights action raising claims of racial discrimination for the demotion of a firefighter, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where:...

US v. Burgest

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The dual sovereignty doctrine applies to the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Where conduct violates laws of separate sovereigns, the offenses are...