United States Eleventh Circuit

In a suit claiming sexual exploitation of a 17-year old minor against promoters and photographers, involving whether their taking videos and photographs of her participating in activities during spring break in Florida involved "sexually explicit conduct", summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part but vacated in part where: 1) summary judgment for hotel owners that promoted and hosted the activities was correct; 2) summary judgment for photographer who displayed the images on a website was correct; but 3) the court abused its discretion in failing to explain a refusal to award attorney's fees as to a default judgment debtor.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/15/2009
• Published 01/15/2009

Judges

• PRYOR, Circuit Judge:, Before BLACK, PRYOR and COX, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Meredith Webster, Wendolyn S. Busch, Mechanik, Nuccio, Hearne & Wester, Lutz, FL, Richard Stuart Shankman, Litigation Concepts, L.C., Boca Raton, FL, for Tilton.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kathryn Diane Weston, Scott W. Cichon, Cobb & Cole, Daytona Beach, FL, Camille Godwin, Cohen, Jayson & Foster, P.A., Tampa, FL, Jill B. Kowalski, Broad & Cassel, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.