United States Eleventh Circuit - December 2009 Opinion Summaries

US v. Roberson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's robbery sentence is vacated where defendant's prior Georgia conviction for a walkaway escape did not constitute a predicate "crime of...

Connecticut State Dental Ass'n. v. Anthem Health Plans, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by dentists claiming that defendant health insurer employed a number of practices, such as "improper downcoding" and "improper bundling,"...

In re: Baker

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In the debtor's appeal from the bankruptcy court's order that her Keogh plan was the property of her bankruptcy estate, the order is reversed where...

Wilson v. Island Seas Invs., Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a personal injury action arising out of the death of an individual while on vacation in the Bahamas, dismissal of the action on forum non...

US v. Lopez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
Defendant's convictions for encouraging or inducing aliens to enter the U.S. is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in including "to...

Randolph v. McNeil

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) given the overwhelming aggravating evidence, the state...

US v. Banjoko

Admiralty, Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law
Defendant's conviction for stowing away on a vessel that entered U.S. jurisdiction is affirmed where: 1) intent to be transported to the U.S. was not...

US v. Langston

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
Defendant's mail fraud, money laundering and wire fraud convictions are affirmed in part where the government properly indicted defendant as an agent...

Rine v. Imagitas, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Government Law
In a class action regarding the disclosure and use of drivers' personal information under the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (DPPA), summary...

US v. White

Criminal Law & Procedure
In the government's appeal of the district court's grant of defendant's motion for a new trial in a bribery prosecution, the order is reversed where...