An 11th Circuit panel heard arguments Wednesday over whether Alabama police officers who shot a man in his front yard after a car chase should be immune from his excessive-force lawsuit.
Read moreAn 11th Circuit panel appeared highly unsympathetic Tuesday to Alabama drivers who argue a city ordinance unlawfully imposes fines on motorists caught by automated red-light cameras without giving them the right to confront their accuser.
Read moreAttorneys for an Alabama man sentenced to 37 years in prison for a bank robbery asked an 11th Circuit panel Tuesday to reduce his punishment in light of the criminal-justice reform law passed by Congress last month.
Read moreAttorneys for the Georgia chapter of the NAACP asked the 11th Circuit on Friday to reverse the dismissal of its lawsuit claiming one Peach State city’s policies for providing utility services discriminate against minorities in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
Read moreAttorneys for Alabama asked an 11th Circuit panel Friday to overturn a federal judge’s refusal to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit claiming the state’s method of electing judges is unfair to black voters.
Read moreFederal prosecutors were in damage-control mode in the 11th Circuit Wednesday, striving to keep convictions in place from a Miami cocaine trafficking investigation spearheaded by an FBI agent who has since been accused of corruption.
Read moreA group of Bernie Sanders supporters faced off against the Democratic National Committee before an 11th Circuit panel Tuesday, fighting to resurrect their claims that the committee shafted them by favoring Hillary Clinton over Sanders in the 2016 presidential primary.
Read moreAttorneys for a Georgia police officer asked an 11th Circuit panel Tuesday to overturn a federal judge and find that he is entitled to qualified immunity on a mother’s claim that he violated her 10-year-old son’s civil rights by accidentally shooting the boy.
Read moreThe 11th Circuit affirmed a $24 million judgment Monday against Phillip Morris for the death of a smoker.
Read moreA federal judge improperly allowed Georgia to copyright the annotated version of its laws, the 11th Circuit ruled, saying citizens have the right to unfettered access to the laws, annotated or not.
Read moreGeorgia election officials are appealing a federal judge’s decision to allow voters to continue a challenge to the state’s practice of relying solely on electronic voting machines in its elections.
Read moreReviving a constitutional challenge in Florida, the 11th Circuit said that a Fort Lauderdale nonprofit may have a First Amendment right to host meals in a public park where homeless people tend to gather.
Read moreThe 11th Circuit on Wednesday affirmed that Alabama cannot enforce its law that prohibits and criminalize second-trimester abortions unless the fetus is dead before it is extracted.
Read moreA lawyer lauded the 11th Circuit on Monday for reviving claims that Disney has a duty to ensure that no autistic child waits for any amount of time to go on an amusement park ride, even for repeated turns.
Read moreAttorneys for a dietary supplement manufacturer asked the 11th Circuit on Friday to overturn a district court ruling which found that the U.S. government rightfully seized $2.2 million worth of a supplement ingredient.
Read moreAttorneys for cigarette giant Philip Morris asked the 11th Circuit on Wednesday to order a new trial after a jury awarded $20 million in punitive damages to a former smoker who claimed her decision to take up the habit was influenced by the company’s ads.
Read moreThe AIDS Healthcare Foundation did not violate the Anti-Kickback Statute when it gave its employees bonuses for referring HIV-positive patients to its own healthcare services, the 11th Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Read moreThe Senate on Tuesday confirmed a Georgia Supreme Court justice and former state solicitor general to a seat on the 11th Circuit.
Read moreAttorneys representing seven Alabama environmental groups asked the 11th Circuit on Friday to revoke the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s authority to issue water discharge permits on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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