A Florida school board’s refusal to allow a transgender boy to use the bathroom matching his gender identity was unconstitutional, the 11th Circuit ruled Friday.
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The 11th Circuit on Friday gave victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s underage sex ring another chance to challenge a non-prosecution deal that shields the wealthy financier’s associates from criminal liability in Florida court.
Read moreThe 11th Circuit upheld Florida’s ballot access law, which requires minor parties to have either an affiliation with a national party or a petition signed by 1% of the state population in order to appear on the ballot.
Read moreThe 11th Circuit vacated an order that overturned a $10 million jury award against former Bolivian President Gonzalo Daniel Sachez de Lozada for the killing of eight Bolivian civilians at the hands of the country’s military.
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A veteran who fired a gun inside a Florida VA clinic was not entitled to another mental competency hearing before his 17-year sentence was handed down by a federal court, an 11th Circuit panel held Monday.
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A Florida eye doctor and one-time friend of New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez will remain behind bars in light of the 11th Circuit’s Friday decision to uphold his conviction and sentence for a historic Medicare fraud.
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An attorney for a veteran sentenced to 17 years in prison for firing a gun inside a Florida VA clinic asked an 11th Circuit panel Thursday to reverse his conviction based on claims of mental incompetence.
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An attorney for ex-NRA president and Florida gun rights lobbyist Marion Hammer asked an 11th Circuit panel Wednesday to reinstate her harassment lawsuit against a California attorney who emailed her images of gunshot wound victims, including President John F. Kennedy, in protest of her lobbying activities.
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An Alabama law requiring voters to present photo ID when casting in-person or absentee ballots is not unconstitutional or racially discriminatory, the 11th Circuit ruled Tuesday, dismissing a lawsuit filed by the state chapter of the NAACP.
Read moreTwo Birmingham police officers are not entitled to qualified immunity in a malicious prosecution suit brought by a man who spent 16 months in jail on attempted murder charges based on the officers’ claims that he pointed a gun at them, the 11th Circuit ruled.
Read moreThe 11th Circuit affirmed a $5.4 million forfeiture order against a former attorney from California who was convicted of multiple counts of mail fraud, securities fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and obstruction.
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An 11th Circuit panel on Monday upheld a judge’s decision to strip a $750,000 jury award from a deaf supermarket employee who has been fighting Costco over its handling of her disability in the workplace.
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday halted the voting registration of thousands of Florida felons who cannot pay fines or fees, just weeks after a lower court threw out the state law mandating payment of all legal financial obligations before voting.
Read moreThe 11th Circuit affirmed a ruling in favor of jail supervisors in the case of an inmate who was beaten to death by his cellmate for a piece of candy.
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The removal of a Confederate monument from a Florida town square did not violate the First Amendment rights of Southern heritage advocates, an 11th Circuit panel ruled Monday.
Read moreThe Eleventh Circuit reversed a ruling in favor of Carnival Cruise Lines in a negligence case brought by the mother of a three-year-old who suffered head injuries on a ship after falling from Deck 14 onto Deck 12. A reasonable jury could find the company had notice of the danger of climbable railings.
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Inmates seeking stronger coronavirus protections at a Miami jail ran into a setback in the 11th Circuit, where a three-judge panel found Monday that the prisoners fell short of showing the jail was deliberately disregarding their wellbeing.
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The attorney for a man accused of plotting to shoot up a Florida mosque asked an 11th Circuit panel Friday to throw out a related firearms conviction.
Read moreThe 11th Circuit on Thursday took up the appeal of a nutrition counselor who claims Florida’s shutdown of her business due to her lack of a dietitian’s license violated her First Amendment rights.
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