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Category Archives: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Historian seeks grand jury transcripts in notorious lynching
Seven decades ago, members of a Georgia grand jury heard 16 days of testimony but declared they were unable identify or indict anyone involved in the brazen lynching of two young black couples on a country road. Now a historian is fighting to find out what happened in that grand jury room.
Kavanaugh accuser willing to talk to Congress, lawyer says
President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, officiates at the swearing-in of Judge Britt Grant to take a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Aug. 7, 2018, in Washington. President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, officiates at the swearing-in of Judge Britt Grant to take a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Aug. 7, 2018, in Washington.
Federal appeals court says Florida cross must come down
A federal appeals court says that a Florida city must take down a cross that has been in a city park for nearly 50 years. The Pensacola News-Journal reports that the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday to uphold a lower court ruling that the cross was unconstitutional and needs to be removed.
Senate approves dairy marketing boost, votes on other measures
Here's a look at how key votes in the Senate last week. There were no key votes in the House.
The Senate is in session this week. The House is in recess.
The Senate reconvenes today at 3:00 pm to consider the nomination of Britt Grant to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Prior to her nomination to the Eleventh Circuit, Grant served as solicitor general of Georgia and on the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Alabama appeals order to make execution information public
Alabama is appealing a federal judge's order to make the state's lethal injection procedures public and to unseal other court records about an aborted execution in the state. Chief District Judge Karon O. Bowdre on Thursday stayed her order to make the protocol and sealed hearing transcripts public as the Department of Corrections appeals.
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of City’s Approval of Chabad Religious Center as Moot
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed the lower court's decision dismissing an Establishment Clause challenge over the approval of a religious center. The lawsuit was brought by two residents who live near a mixed-use, two-story religious center proposed by Chabad of East Boca, Inc. .
Eleventh Circuit Expedites Lawsuit Over Whether Florida Must Have…
The Eleventh Circuit is expediting the case Hand v Scott. The oral argument will be in late July.
Age discrimination act applies to outside job applicants: Court
A federal appeals court held Thursday that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 applies to outside job applicants as well as current employees, in a ruling that disagrees with another circuit court on the issue. "We hold that protects both outside job applicants and current employees," said the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in a 2-1 ruling in Dale E. Kleber v.
Eleventh Circuit Grants a Stay to Florida in Ex-Felon Voting Case
On the evening of April 25, the Eleventh Circuit stayed the order of a U.S. District Court in Hand v Scott, the case over whether Florida must create objective standards for deciding whether to grant voting rights to ex-felons. This means the state is not now required to produce some objective standards.
Alabama mail-bomber the oldest executed in US modern times
ATMORE, Ala. - An Alabama man convicted of sending mail bombs during a wave of Southern terror has been executed for killing a federal judge, becoming the oldest prisoner put to death in the U.S. in modern times.
Walter Leroy Moody has bee executed in Alabama
An Alabama inmate convicted of the mail-bomb slaying of a federal judge during a wave of Southern terror in 1989 has been executed as the oldest prisoner put to death in the US since capital punishment was reinstated in the 1970s. Walter Leroy Moody Jr, 83, was pronounced dead at 8.42pm local time on Thursday following an injection at the Alabama prison at Atmore.
Alabama inmate becomes oldest executed in US modern times
This photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Walter Leroy Moody. A federal appeals court has rejected the death row inmate's argument that Moody must serve out his federal sentence before Alabama can put him to death for the 1989 killing of a federal judge.
Man, 83, set to be executed for judge’s mail-bomb slaying
This photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Walter Leroy Moody.
Package bomber set to be executed for judge’s murder
This undated family photo made available by Joyce Vance, shows U.S. Circuit Judge Robert S. Vance, who was killed by a mail bomb sent to his home in Mountain Brook, Ala., in 1989. Walter Leroy Moore Jr. was convicted of capital murder in the blast and is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on April 19, 2018.
Trump looks to pack the courts with conservatives
President Donald Trump, finding it harder than expected to get his legislative agenda accomplished on Capitol Hill, is looking to pack the courts with conservative jurists. The latest step in the process came on Tuesday, when the White House unveiled its 12th wave of judicial nominees, US attorneys and US Marshals, a package of 30 people who will now face confirmation battles in the Senate.
Failla And Taylor Are Alive And Well: Eleventh Circuit Again Confirms …
For the third time in less than two years, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a chapter 7 debtor who does not reaffirm secured debt or redeem the property must surrender the property. In re Woide , No.
No “Happy Together” Ending for Common Law Public Performance Rights in Florida
In a multi-jurisdictional dispute between a band and a satellite radio provider, the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit adopted reasoning similar to that of the New York Court of Appeals in finding that the band's copyright infringement claim against the satellite radio provider must fail, since Florida common law does not recognize an exclusive right in public performance in pre-1972 sound recordings. Flo & Eddie, Inc. v.
US v. Lundgren: When Recycling is a Crime
A pending case against recycler Eric Lundgren has now moved to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Lundgren pled guilty to criminal copyright infringement and was sentenced to 15 months incarceration.