United States Eleventh Circuit - August 2010 Opinion Summaries

Faculty Senate of Fla. Int'l. Univ. v. Winn

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a Supremacy Clause challenge to Florida's restriction on the use of state money for travel by state employees to countries that the federal...

US v. Rainer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where a conviction for violating Alabama's third-degree burglary...

US v. Di Pietro

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Defendant's convictions for aiding and abetting four individuals in their violations of 8 U.S.C. section 1325(c), which imposes criminal liability on...

Bankston v. Then

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Government Law
In a petition for review of a fine imposed on a firearms dealer by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, a denial of the petition is affirmed...

Advanced Body Care Solutions, LLC v. Thione Int'l., Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Remedies
In an action arising out of a contract that required a company to make minimum purchases of products in exchange for an exclusive license to market...

Johnson v. Upton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) it was not objectively unreasonable for an attorney to...

US v. Zaldivar

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
Defendant's sentence for conspiracy to encourage or induce aliens to enter the U.S., knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such entry was...

Thomas v. Bryant

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action by ten inmates incarcerated at Florida State Prison against various officers and employees of the Florida Department of Corrections,...

Bellizia v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a drug prosecution, the grant of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where the district court did not err in concluding that no competent...

Eli Lilly & Co. v. Air Express Int'l. USA, Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Transportation
In an action concerning the spoliation of temperature-sensitive insulin products, which were shipped by air from France to Indiana and were exposed to...