Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals News

A woman forcefully detained by Jacksonville police as she rushed to a hospital in premature labor can sue for unlawful arrest but not excessive force, a federal appeals court has ruled.

A federal court in Birmingham has dismissed a lawsuit against Drummond Company Inc.

Estelle Griswold, executive director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, and Lee Buxton, a Yale medical school professor who doubles as medical director of the League's New Haven facility, contrive to get themselves arrested for violation of an 1879 Connecticut law against using, or being accessories to the use of, contraceptives - a ...

The developer of the stalled Fontainebleau resort in Las Vegas plans to appeal two key legal rulings in its lawsuit against banks over their decision to stop funding for the project.

Courts, clerks told to work out their e-porta l differences Florida clerks of court and the court system had better work out a dispute about who will control the Internet portal to the mandated new statewide e-filing system for the courts or the Legislature will, a top state senator has warned.

A federal appeals court has upheld an aggressive federal program aimed at tracking and monitoring sex offenders.

A federal court has denied the appeal of a Georgia death row inmate who argued he received ineffective counsel at his trial.

The Eleventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission has been asked to provide Gov.

Eleventh Circuit affirms denial of qualified immunity to two police officers who shocked a man, who was neither accused nor suspected of a crime, with a Taser gun at least eight times over a two minute span, ultimately leading to his death: You can access yesterday's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link .

If the sheriff is not responsible for shortfalls in an inmate food fund, who is? That, said an attorney for Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett, is an issue U.S. Northern District of Alabama Judge U.W. Clemon left unanswered in an order that stopped Bartlett from keeping leftover inmate food funds for his personal use.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 11:12 p.m. TUSCALOOSA After his conviction on all 60 counts in his federal corruption trial Wednesday, former Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford defiantly blamed the media.

Recently it was brought to my attention that some novelty item manufacturers make simulated electric chair executions.

I feel compelled to voice my opinion after reading your article on a police pursuit case .

A federal court has dismissed an appeal by a Christian fraternity that tried to force the University of Florida to recognize it as an official organization.The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday found the controversy was moot because the university had amended its policy and allowed Beta Upsilon Chi to register.The fraternity had ...

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke, who dismissed a money laundering conspiracy count against the attorney for vetting money that went to Miami celebrity attorney Roy Black to defend Colombian drug kingpin Fabio Ochoa.

A former Jefferson County commissioner once convicted on corruption charges will appear before a federal court of appeals next week.

A federal judge will not hold a hearing on whether the government withheld evidence and used perjured testimony in prosecuting Huntsville defense contractor Alex Latifi and his company, Axion.

A California attorney who has worked on a multitude of legal challenges debating the eligibility of Barack Obama to be president - because of questions over his ability to meet the U.S. Constitution's requirement for a president to be a "natural born" citizen - is taking a federal district judge's conclusions in her case to the 11th U.S. Circuit ...

The Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Powell, broadly rejected the claim that general statistical disparities in implementation of the death penalty can establish intentional discrimination in violation of the federal Equal Protection Clause.

Available online from law.com: An headlined " 11th Circuit: Don't Break the Law to Comply With It; Federal appeals court rejects collection company's defense against debtor's suit " reports on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued last week.