Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals News

Claiming federal authorities are retaliating against him "for his vigorous representation of criminal defendants," a Columbus, Ga., attorney is fighting back in court pleadings that accuse federal prosecutors of "outrageous governmental misconduct." In one of a series of motions seeking to dismiss a federal indictment charging him with laundering ...

A federal appeals court ruling in a lawsuit involving a severely brain-damaged U.S. soldier will make it more difficult to sue military contractors for actions on the battlefield.

Former Senate President W.D. Childers, finished with his prison sentence but still fighting to overturn a bribery conviction, will get a hearing from a federal appeals court late this year.

Panama's former dictator Manuel Noriega asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to block his extradition to France to face money-laundering charges, contending that as a prisoner of war he must be allowed to return home.

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in its ruling on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 in Carmichael vs.

Mesa Air Group, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has affirmed the preliminary injunction against Delta Air Lines , which enjoined Delta from terminating Freedom Airlines' Delta Connection Agreement covering certain ERJ-145 aircraft .

The Privacy Act of 1974 - the law designed to protect your rights as the government collects, uses, and shares your data - fails to consistently protect of citizens' privacy because circuit courts disagree on how to interpret its language.

The federal appeals court in Atlanta says a Chinese immigrant can continue to appeal a deportation order because of the likelihood she will be sterilized if returned to China.

ATLANTA A federal appeals court has upheld a preliminary injunction barring Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's biggest airline operator, from terminating a regional flying contract with Mesa Air Group Inc.

A federal appellate court has upheld a Florida law banning petition gathering within 100 feet of polling places.

A former HealthSouth Corp. finance chief has been ordered to spend three months in federal prison for his role in the $2.6 billion financial fraud that nearly wrecked the company.

A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of Kenneth Wilk, who is serving life in prison for the murder of Broward Sheriff's Deputy Todd Fatta during a bungled raid in Fort Lauderdale.

So holds the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in United States v. Tagg : "Unlike the handguns in Heller , pipe bombs are not typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes." The general analysis strikes me as right, for reasons I discussed in my article .

Death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis got another legal break Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court recessed for summer without acting on his latest appeal, likely delaying any developments in his case until fall.

Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman has asked for a new trial on bribery and other government corruption charges.

Bernard Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for his multibillion-dollar fraud scheme.

Inside the jury room, seven men and five women huddled around a table to discuss a parade of witnesses in the case of an off-duty police officer shot and killed outside a fast-food restaurant.

Actor Wesley Snipes has been granted oral argument in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Atlantic Sounding, the petitioner in the case, contended that the applicable statute, the Jones Act [42 USC &sect 688 text], does not provide for such expenses.

Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy asked a judge to grant him a new trial Friday, saying he was a victim of selective prosecution when he was convicted of bribery in 2006.