United States Eleventh Circuit - November 2010 Opinion Summaries

Atwater v. Nat'l. Football League Players Ass'n.

Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law, Sports Law
In an action by former NFL players claiming that the NFL performed an inadequate investigation of financial advisors with whom the players invested,...

Wooten v. Quicken Loans, Inc.

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for violation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where, in connection with a...

Long v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In petitioner's appeal from the district court's dismissal of his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence, as untimely, the order is vacated...

US v. Turner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's 300-month sentence for receiving child pornography is affirmed where: 1) defendant's argument that the "pattern of activity" must be...

Youmans v. Gagnon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action alleging that defendant-officer, by booking and questioning plaintiff before seeking medical care for his injuries, was deliberately...

Pourmoghani-Esfahani v. Gee

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging that defendant applied excessive force to plaintiff and was deliberately indifferent to her serious medical...