United States Eleventh Circuit - June 2010 Opinion Summaries

US v. Garcia-Cordero

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Defendant's alien smuggling convictions are affirmed where, as applied to a defendant smuggling aliens, the "bring and present" requirement of 8...

US v. Rothenberg

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography is affirmed where there was no clear error in the district...

Thompson v. RelationServe Media, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Securities Law
In an action claiming that defendants failed to disclose, before their company went public, that $2,000,000 in stock had been privately offered for...

Randall v. Scott

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 First Amendment retaliation claim by a terminated law enforcement officer, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part...

T.W. v. Sch. Bd. of Seminole Cty., Fla.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action claiming that defendant school board violated a disabled student's constitutional right to be free from excessive corporal punishment or...

Vining v. Sec'y, Dept. of Corr.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Evidence
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's petition is affirmed where: 1) no extra-record materials that the trial judge viewed were...

Marshall v. Sec'y, Dep't of Corr.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where nothing in the record suggested that state courts' application...

Flava Works, Inc. v. City of Miami

Entertainment Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action challenging the Miami Code Enforcement Board's final administrative ruling that plaintiffs were engaged in "adult entertainment" in an...

US v. Alexander

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where: 1) a conviction under Fla. Stat. section 790.15(2) involved...

US v. Huff

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's convictions and sentences for bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bribery are affirmed in part where: 1) the evidence was...