United States Eleventh Circuit - June 2008 Opinion Summaries

US v. Bunkley

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, denial of defendant's motion to suppress firearm evidence seized from a...

Gulf Fishermen's Ass'n v. Gutierrez

Administrative Law, Government Law
In an action challenging a fishery management plan, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint as time-barred under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation...

Natural Answers, Inc. v. Smithkline Beecham Corp.

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, False Advertising, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Trade Secrets, Trademark
In a trademark infringement case involving claims against defendants for the advertisement of certain health products, summary judgment for defendants...

Miami-Dade County v. US EPA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence, Public Utilities, Water Law
Petition for review of a Final Rule promulgated by the EPA, which amended the current federal underwater injection control requirements for Class I...

Young Apts., Inc. v. Town of Jupiter, Florida

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by an apartment complex owner claiming that the purpose behind a Florida town's enactment and enforcement of an "Overcrowding...

US v. Campa

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, International Law, Military Law, Sentencing
In a prosecution of several agents of the Cuban Directorate of Intelligence for murder charges and espionage against the United States military and...

Crawford v. Carroll

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit brought by an African-American employee alleging claims of retaliation and race discrimination by her Caucasian supervisors and...