United States Eleventh Circuit - April 2010 Opinion Summaries

Edison v. Douberly

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In an action by a prisoner alleging violations of the American With Disabilities Act (ADA), summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the term...

Frazier v. CitiFinancial Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's appeal from a district court's order confirming an arbitration award in favor of defendant bank and its subsequent order denying her...

Palmyra Park Hosp. Inc. v. Phoebe Putney Mem. Hosp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action by a hospital claiming that defendant-hospital leveraged a state-granted monopoly in certain medical services to tie favorable insurance...

US v. Dean

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for having traveled in interstate commerce and knowingly failing to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender...

US v. Paige

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for permitting his minor child to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography is...

Doe v. Sch. Bd. of Broward Cty., Fla.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Title IX by a child alleging that she was the victim of sexual harassment by her math teacher, summary...

Bank of Am. N.A. v. Colonial Bank

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law
In an action by Bank of America against Colonial Bank, alleging it wrongfully refused to return thousands of mortgage loans and their proceeds, valued...

Zurich Am. Ins. Co. v. O'Hara

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action seeking reimbursement for medical expenses a benefit plan had paid on defendant's behalf after defendant was injured in an...

Birmingham Fire Fighters Ass'n. v. Birmingham

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In the City of Birmingham's appeal from the district court's order declaring an Alabama state law void and affirming that the court appointed members...

US v. Crape

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In defendant's appeal from the revocation of his conditional release following his writing of letters threatening to kill several teenagers, the order...