U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 2018

Decisions

• 2018-12-27IN RE: WALTER ENERGY, INC. et al., Debtor. United Mine Works of America Combined Benefit Fund, United Mine Works of America 1992 Benefit Plan, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. Andre M. Toffel, as Chapter 7 Trustee for Walter Energy, Inc., Steering Committee of First Lien Holders, Warrior Met Coal, Inc., Defendant-Appellees., 911 F.3d 1121
• 2018-12-21Timothy Jarrod COLBURN, David Edward Rhodes, Joseph Anthony Elliott, Daniel Rudolph Cassels, Jr., Todd Michael Harrison, Howard Derrick Butler, Landa L. Clark, Gary Lynn Blackwell, Plaintiffs - Appellees, v. Susan ODOM, Defendant - Appellant., 911 F.3d 1110
• 2018-12-20Joan E. FRIEDENBERG, on Behalf of Herself and a Class of Similarly Situated Individuals, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, Defendant-Appellee., 911 F.3d 1084
• 2018-12-14Doris FREYRE, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Chad CHRONISTER, in his official capacity as Sheriff of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Iris C. Valdez, Jessica Pietrzak, United States of America, Defendants-Appellees, Intervenor., 910 F.3d 1371
• 2018-12-13Olivier CARON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. NCL (BAHAMAS), LTD., a Bermuda Company d.b.a. Norwegian Cruise Line, Defendant - Appellee., 910 F.3d 1359
• 2018-12-13Davide M. CARBONE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., Defendant-Appellant., 910 F.3d 1345
• 2018-12-13Ramon Duran GUILLEN, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent., 910 F.3d 1174
• 2018-12-06TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE COMPANY, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 6.04 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OVER PARCEL(S) OF LAND OF APPROXIMATELY 1.21 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, SITUATED IN LAND LOT 1049, et al., Defendant, Gail Brandon Cochran, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 80 Acres More or Less, in Land Lot 74 of the Sixteenth (16th) Land District, Third (3rd) Section of Bartow County, Georgia and More Particularly Described Herein, et al., Defendants, Various Defendants, Defendants-Appellants. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 4.57 Acres More or Less, Over the Following Parcel(s) of Land: 0.25 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 37 and 3.70 Acres, More or Less Situated in Land Lot 28 All in the Sixth (6th) District of the Third (3rd) Section of Gordon County, Georgia and More Particularly Described Herein, et al., Defendants, Legacy Properties of Northwest Georgia, LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 5.73 Acres, More or Less, Over the Following Parcel(s) of Land: Approximately 102.593 Acres, More or Less, Being in Land Lots 1075, 1076, 1077, 1084, and 1085 of the 3rd District, 3rd Section of Paulding County, Georgia and Further Less and Except 1 Acre, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 1085 of the 3rd District, 3rd Section of Paulding County, Georgia, and Further Less and Except Tract 1: 1 Acre, More or Less, and Tract 2: 0.775 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 1075 of the 3rd District, 3rd Section of Paulding County, Georgia and More Particularly Described Herein, et al., Defendants, Nancy H. Tibbitts, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 1.90 Acres, More or Less, Over Parcel(s) of Land of Approximately 10.013 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 69, of the Fourth (4th) Land District, of Coweta County, Georgia, and More Particularly Described Herein, et al., Defendants, Donald J. Morris, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 2.16 Acres, More or Less, Over the Following Parcel(s) of Land: Approximately 80 Acres, More or Less, Being the West Half of Land Lot 31, of the Sixth (6th) Land District and Third (3rd) Section of Gordon County, Georgia, Less and Except 3.828 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 31 of the Sixth (6th) Land District and Third (3rd) Section of Gordon County and More Particularly Described Herein; et al., Defendants, Melvin M. Dobson, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. A Permanent Roadway Easement Across 23.511 Acres Situated in Land Lots 64 And 81 of the 3rd District and 3rd Section of Paulding County, Georgia and More Particularly Described Herein, Defendant, Jeff Moon, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 2.77 Acres, More or Less, Over Parcel(s) of Land of Approx. 38.7225 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 568 of the Third (3rd) Land District, Third (3rd) Section, of Paulding County, Georgia and More Particularly Described Herein, Charline Cambron, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 3.48 Acres, More or Less, Over Parcel(s) of Land of Approximately 40 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 569 and .75 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 512 in the Third (3rd) Land District, Third (3rd) Section, of Paulding County, Georgia, and More Particularly Described Herein, et al., Defendants, JJBK LLLP, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. .07 Acres, More or Less, Over Parcel(s) of Land of 5.292 Acres, More or Less, and Being Situated in Land Lots 70 and 71 of the Fourth Land District of Coweta County, Georgia, and Being Identified as Tract 2 in that Certain Revised Final Plat of Survey for the Hills at Wager's Mill, as Revised on October 1, 2002 and Recorded on January 22, 2003 in Book 77, Page 199; in the Plat Records in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Coweta Co, et al., Defendants, Ian S. Goldenberg, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 3.30 Acres, More or Less, Over Parcel(s) of Land of Approximately 39 Acres, More or Less, in Land Lots 1035 and 1036 of the Seventeenth (17th) Land District, and Third (3rd) Section of Bartow County, Georgia and More Particularly Described Herein, et al., Defendants, Lackey Group LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 3.48 Acres, More or Less, Over the Following Parcel(s) of Land: Approx. 40.00 Acres, More or Less and Lying and Being in All of Land Lot 726, of the 3rd District, 3rd Section, Paulding County, Georgia, Less and Except 2 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lots 725 and 726 of the 3rd District, 3rd Section of Paulding County, Georgia and More Particularly Described Herein, Defendant, Paul Corley, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 2.17 Acres, More or Less, Over the Following Parcel(s) of Land: Approximately 41.39 Acres, More or Less, and Being in Land Lots 714 and 715 of the 3rd District, 3rd Section, Paulding County, Georgia, Less and Except 3.936 Acres, More or Less, in Land Lot 715 of the 3rd District, 3rd Section Paulding County, Georgia, Further Less and Except 0.750 Acres, More or Less, in Land Lot 715 of the 3rd District, 3rd Section, Paulding County, Georgia, Defendant, Paul Franklin Corley, as Executor of the Estate of Hazel Genette Sligh Corley, Defendant-Appellants. Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 3.94 Acres, More or Less, Over Parcel(s) of Land of Approximately 102.906 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lots 68, 77, 78 and 140 of the 3rd District, 3rd Section, Paulding County, Georgia and More Particularly Described Herein, Defendant, Moon Investments, LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 12.993 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 59 of the Fourth Land District of Coweta County, Georgia, et al., Defendant, Thomas W. Smrcina, Jeannie F. Smrcina, Defendants-Appellants. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 1.45 Acres, More or Less, Over the Following Parcel(s) of Land: Approximately 41.035 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 28 of the 6th District And 3rd Section of Gordon County Georgia, Less and Except 4.6497 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 28 of the 6th District of Gordon County, Georgia, and More Particularly Described Within, et al., Defendant, Michael W. Hill, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. .83 Acres, More or Less, Over Parcel(s) of Land of Approximately 5.003 Acres, More or Less and Being Situated in Land Lot 71 of the Fourth Land District of Coweta County, Georgia and More Particularly Described Herein, et al., Defendants, Christine Marie Cali, f.k.a. Christine M. Snellgrove, Defendant-Appellant. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 50 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lots 55 and 68 of the Fourth (4th) Land District of Coweta County, Georgia; 100 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 68 of the Fourth (4th) Land District of Coweta County, Georgia, Defendant, Gene A. Terrell, Joyce Bailey Terrell, Defendants-Appellants. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 10.1824 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lots 669 and 700 of the 17th Land District and 3rd Section, of Bartow County, Georgia Defendants, Tim Denson, Tera Denson, Defendants-Appellants. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 16.14 Acres and 5 Additional Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 982 of the Seventeenth (17) District, Third (3rd) Section of Bartow County, Georgia-35.10 Acres More or Less in Land Lots 962 and 963 of the Seventeenth (17th) District Third (3rd) Section of Bartow County, Georgia, et al., Defendants, William G. Taff, Rebecca K. Taff, Defendants-Appellants. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 6.59 Acres Being Tract 7 in Land Lot 669 of the Seventeenth (17th) Land, Third (3rd) Section of Bartow County, Georgia, et al., Defendants, Henry D. Mez, Rhonda S. Mez, Defendants-Appellants. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 3.22 Acres, More or Less, Over Parcel(s) of Land of Approximately 137.56 Acres, More or Less, Situated in Land Lot 58 of the Fourth (4th) Land District of Coweta County, Georgia and More Particularly Described Herein, Defendant, Handy Land and Timber L.P., Defendants-Appellants., 910 F.3d 1130
• 2018-12-06CURTIS INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Defendant - Appellee., 909 F.3d 1339
• 2018-12-06UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert William BARTON, Defendant-Appellant., 909 F.3d 1323
• 2018-12-06IN RE: Mildred M. DUKES, Debtor. Mildred M. Dukes, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Suncoast Credit Union, Defendant-Appellee., 909 F.3d 1306
• 2018-12-04HI-TECH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HBS INTERNATIONAL CORP., Defendant-Appellee., 910 F.3d 1186
• 2018-11-30UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Lazaro OLIVA, a.k.a. Davisito, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rafael Gomez Uranga, Defendant-Appellant., 909 F.3d 1292
• 2018-11-30Johan Sebastian Alzat CALIXTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hadylle Yusuf LESMES, Defendant-Appellee., 909 F.3d 1079
• 2018-11-26Bernard COTE, the Personal Representative of the Estate of Judith Berger, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Defendants, Philip Morris USA, Inc., Defendant-Appellant Cross Appellee., 909 F.3d 1094
• 2018-11-21Shariff David BULA LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent., 909 F.3d 388
• 2018-11-21CSX CORPORATION, Atlantic Land and Improvement Company, Carrollton Railroad, Chessie Computer Services, Inc., CSX Intermodal Terminals, Inc., CSX Rail Payroll Services, Inc., CSX Real Property, Inc., CSX Transportation, Inc., CSX Transportation Terminals, Cybernetics & Services, Inc., Fruit Growers Dispatch, Inc., Fruit Growers Express Company, Total Distribution Services, Inc., Transflo Terminal Services, Inc., Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant - Appellee., 909 F.3d 366
• 2018-11-20Roque Jacinto FERNANDEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Christy Nicole BAILEY, Respondent-Appellee., 909 F.3d 353
• 2018-11-19Richard JORDAN, Ricky Chase, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER, MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant, Georgia Department of Corrections, Movant-Appellee., 908 F.3d 1259
• 2018-11-15UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael ST. HUBERT, Defendant-Appellant., 909 F.3d 335
• 2018-11-02IN RE: Tracy GARRETT, Petitioner., 908 F.3d 686
• 2018-11-02Stephen DYE, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Douglas Bohn, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TAMKO BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-Appellee., 908 F.3d 675
• 2018-10-31James Manuel PHILLIPS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, Respondent-Appellee., 908 F.3d 667
• 2018-10-29FASTCASE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAWRITER, LLC, Defendant-Appellee., 907 F.3d 1335
• 2018-10-29Angela MCCULLOUGH, Marquita Johnson, Kenny Jones, Algi Edwards, Levon Agee, et al., on Behalf of themselves, Individually, and on Behalf of a Class of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ernest N. FINLEY, Jr., Chief of Police of the City of Montgomery, in his Individual and Official Capacities, Kevin Murphy, Former Chief of Police of the City of Montgomery, in his Individual and Official Capacities, Les Hayes, III, Former Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Montgomery, in his Individual Capacity, Milton J. Westry, Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Montgomery, in his Official Capacity, Todd Strange, Mayor of the City of Montgomery, in his Individual Capacity, Defendants-Appellants., 907 F.3d 1324
• 2018-10-29Lindell WASHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee., 906 F.3d 1353
• 2018-10-29Philip Walter JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondents-Appellees., 906 F.3d 1339
• 2018-10-26UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alexis HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant., 906 F.3d 1367
• 2018-10-26INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Allegheny Casualty Company, a foreign corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICARIBE-MORIARTY JV, a joint venture, Defendant-Appellant., 906 F.3d 1329
• 2018-10-25UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lonnie Anthony JONES, Defendant-Appellant., 906 F.3d 1325
• 2018-10-25UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Tremane D. CARTHEN, Scottie Jeroma Groce, Defendant - Appellants., 906 F.3d 1315
• 2018-10-19Avis K. HORNSBY-CULPEPPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R. David WARE, in his Individual and Official Capacity, Fulton County, GA, Defendants-Appellees., 906 F.3d 1302
• 2018-10-19CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, Oxford University Press, Inc., Sage Publications, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J. L. ALBERT, in his official capacity as Georgia State University Associate Provost for Information Systems and Technology, Kenneth R. Bernard, Jr., in his official capacity as member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellees., 906 F.3d 1290
• 2018-10-19UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lourdes MARGARITA GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant., 906 F.3d 1255
• 2018-10-19CODE REVISION COMMISSION, FOR the Benefit of and on behalf of GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA, State of Georgia, Plaintiffs - Counter Defendant - Appellees, v. PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC., Defendant - Counter Claimant - Appellant., 906 F.3d 1229
• 2018-10-17UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, Lori L. Carver, Interested Party - Appellant, v. John Patrick COUCH, M.D., Xiulu Ruan, M.D., Defendants - Appellees., 906 F.3d 1223
• 2018-10-12Anthony L. GREEN, Brooke M. Walker, Earl E. Howton Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jackie GRAHAM, in her official capacity as Director of the State of Alabama Personnel Department, Hal Taylor, in his official capacity as Secretary of Law Enforcement for the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Defendants-Appellants., 906 F.3d 955
• 2018-10-09Judith ALCOCER , Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ashley MILLS, John Staten, Defendants-Appellants., 906 F.3d 944
• 2018-10-09PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, INC., Animal Legal Defense Fund, Howard Garrett, Orca Network, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MIAMI SEAQUARIUM, Festival Fun Parks, LLC, Defendants-Appellees., 905 F.3d 1307
• 2018-10-09Irma OVALLES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee., 905 F.3d 1300
• 2018-10-04Irma OVALLES, Petitioner - Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent - Appellee., 905 F.3d 1231
• 2018-10-03Sheena YARBROUGH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DECATUR HOUSING AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee., 905 F.3d 1222
• 2018-10-03Dr. David S. MURANSKY, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff - Appellee, James H. Price, Eric Alan Isaacson, Interested Parties - Appellants, v. GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC., a New Jersey corporation, Defendant - Appellee., 905 F.3d 1200
• 2018-10-02The ESTATE OF Marquette F. CUMMINGS Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carter DAVENPORT, Defendant-Appellant., 906 F.3d 934
• 2018-10-02IN RE: TELTRONICS, INC., Debtor. Kevin T. O'Halloran, as Trustee of the Liquidating Trust of Teltronics, Inc., Plaintiff - Appellant - Cross Appellee, v. Harris Corporation, RPX Corporation, Defendants - Appellees - Cross-Appellants., 904 F.3d 1303
• 2018-09-28Derrell J. CHAMBLEE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of FLORIDA, Julie L. Jones, Respondents-Appellees., 905 F.3d 1192
• 2018-09-27Eddie I. SIERRA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA, Respondent-Appellee., 904 F.3d 1343
• 2018-09-25Andre Martello BARTON, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent., 904 F.3d 1294
• 2018-09-25Robert RANDOLPH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee., 904 F.3d 962
• 2018-09-24PICTET OVERSEAS INC., Philippe Bertherat, Remy Antoine Best, Renaud Fernand De Planta, Jacques Joseph De Saussure, Bertrand Francois Lambert Demole, Jean-Francois Demole, Marc Philippe Pictet, Nicolas Lucien Pictet, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HELVETIA TRUST, AAA Group International Trust, Defendants-Appellants., 905 F.3d 1183