United States Eleventh Circuit - January 2010 Opinion Summaries

Aqua Log, Inc. v. Georgia

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In two in rem admiralty actions seeking to salvage logs lying at the bottom of Georgia's rivers, the district court's denial of the state's motion to...

US v. Caraballo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Defendant's alien smuggling conviction and sentence are affirmed where: 1) officers do not violate the Fourth Amendment simply by approaching an...

Thompson v. Sec'y, Dept. of Corrs.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a sexual battery prosecution, the dismissal of petitioner's habeas petition as untimely is reversed where the fact that petitioner did not succeed...

Goodman-Gable-Gould Co. v. Tiara Condo. Ass'n

Contracts, Evidence, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action by an insurance adjuster based on a condominium association's failure to pay its adjuster's fee, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed...

Associated Builders & Contractors v. Miami-Dade Cty.

Construction, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking to enjoin as preempted by federal law a county ordinance setting binding regulations for the construction, installation,...

Arnaiz v. Warden, Fed'l. Satellite Low

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas petition challenging the restitution ordered in connection with defendant's convictions for conspiracy to commit money laundering and mail...

Lott v. Att'y. Gen., State of Fla.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, petitioner's application for a certificate of appealability is denied where: 1) jurists of reason would not debate the...

US v. Bernal-Benitez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants' drug conspiracy convictions and sentences are affirmed where: 1) the magistrate judge's factual finding that a venireperson was less...

Baragona v. Kuwait Gulf Link Transp. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a tort action arising from the death of plaintiffs-parents' son in a traffic collision with a truck operated by defendant-Kuwaiti corporation in...

US v. Marquez

Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law
Defendant's RICO conspiracy conviction is affirmed where: 1) defendant failed to raise objections to his extradition from Spain in a timely manner;...