United States Eleventh Circuit - January 2011 Opinion Summaries

Peek-a-Boo Lounge of Bradenton, Inc. v. Manatee Cty.

Property Law & Real Estate, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In a challenge to the constitutionality of an ordinance that the Manatee County, Florida Board of County Commissioners adopted to regulate sexually...

Zisser v. Fla. Bar

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In a constitutional challenge to the confidential peer review part of the Florida Bar’s certification rules, judgment for defendants is affirmed...

US v. Townsend

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for accepting bribes is affirmed where: 1) intangibles, such as freedom from jail and greater freedom while on pretrial...

US v. Diaz

Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court's order granting permission for the government to medicate defendant involuntarily with anti-psychotic medication to render him...

US v. Ruff

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's appeal from his sentence for firearm and drug offenses is dismissed where defendant's appeal waiver was knowing and voluntary, and his...

Rodriguez v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In an action challenging the denial of the renewal of plaintiff's temporary protective status in 2005 because the DHS’s Citizenship and Immigration...

Gonzalez v. Sec'y., Fla. Dept. of Corrs.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) whether or not petitioner was the “aggressor who had...