Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a summary judgment ruling in a student's due process claim against university officials. The court held that the student received adequate procedural process during an academic dispute over her doctoral major professor.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal regarding a foreclosure removal order because the court lacked jurisdiction to review it. The court carried with the case the separate issue of whether it has jurisdiction to review a subsequent order denying a motion for reconsideration.
The Eleventh Circuit vacated a district court dismissal of a USERRA claim, ruling that the plaintiff adequately alleged standing. The appellate court found that reasonable inferences from the complaint showed the employer had not fully redressed the alleged injuries.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a conviction for conspiracy to violate the Sherman Act involving the ready-mix concrete industry. The court found sufficient evidence of price fixing, bid rigging, and market allocation among competitors.
The Eleventh Circuit held that a rapper's termination interest in his copyrights became property of his bankruptcy estate upon filing. Consequently, the rapper could not validly exercise that interest to terminate a copyright grant while the estate still held it.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal from a district court order compelling arbitration and administratively closing the case. The court held that the order was not final because it stayed proceedings rather than terminating the action.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal from a bankruptcy stay order because the underlying Chapter thirteen case had been dismissed. The court concluded that it could not provide meaningful relief since the appeal was moot.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of a petition for a writ of error coram nobis filed by a former federal prisoner. The court held that the petitioner failed to provide sound reasons for delaying his claims for over thirty years.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied a petitioner's amended motion to reconsider a prior dismissal. The court found it lacked jurisdiction over the underlying district court judgment.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a pro se litigant's motion to reopen the time to appeal. The court held that the litigant failed to meet the strict requirements for reopening the appeal period under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure four comma six.