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American Airlines must face suit over confiscated Cuban airport

ATLANTA (CN) — A Cuban-American man who claims to have inherited a stake in the José Martí International Airport can sue American Airlines for “trafficking” in the property, an 11th Circuit panel...

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Georgia asks 11th Circuit to reinstate limits on charitable bail funds

ATLANTA (CN) — Clear divisions emerged between judges on the 11th Circuit Tuesday as the federal appeals court weighed whether Georgia’s limits on the practice of charitable bail funds are...

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US treasure hunter demands France pay for discovery of 16th century shipwreck

ATLANTA (CN) — A long-running fight over a centuries-old shipwreck off the coast of the Sunshine State docked at the 11th Circuit on Wednesday, with attorneys for France and a Florida-based treasure...

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Tennis tournament fraudster can’t sidestep restitution

ATLANTA (CN) — A woman convicted of a wire fraud scheme involving ticket sales for a tennis tournament must pay thousands of dollars in restitution in compliance with an order entered after her...

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Sotomayor balks over rejection of sentencing disputes

(CN) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to wade into two criminal cases, prompting dissents from liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor over a lower court’s flawed jury instructions and an...

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11th Circuit rules Florida drag show law likely unconstitutional

ATLANTA (CN) — A Florida law that would have banned minors from attending “adult live performances” such as drag shows is “substantially overbroad” and likely unconstitutional, a divided panel of the...

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11th Circuit wades into tug of war over Frida Kahlo’s image

(CN) — An attorney for two Florida-based corporations asked an 11th Circuit panel on Thursday to overturn a Florida federal judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit against the grandniece of world-renowned...

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Boar’s Head family beef over company stock lands at 11th Circuit

ATLANTA (CN) — Attorneys for two co-owners of Boar’s Head Provisions Co. asked an 11th Circuit panel on Wednesday to parse a complicated dispute over transfers of company stock that could impact...

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Fight over developer damage to Georgia wetlands returns to 11th Circuit

ATLANTA (CN) — Attorneys for two Georgia environmental groups asked the 11th Circuit on Thursday to once again overturn a federal judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit pursuing Clean Water Act violations...

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11th Circuit hands immunity to cop in fatal Alabama mall shooting

(CN) — An Alabama police officer who fatally shot a Black man without warning while responding to gunfire at a mall is entitled to qualified immunity from a wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit...

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Interior department proposal could end habitat protections for endangered...

(CN) — The U.S. Department of the Interior on Wednesday proposed a rule that would redefine what it means to “harm” a threatened or endangered species and rescind nearly all their habitat protections...

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Super PAC fights $8.2M damages award in Roy Moore defamation suit

ATLANTA (CN) — An attorney for a Democratic-aligned super PAC asked an 11th Circuit panel on Wednesday to overturn an Alabama federal judge’s refusal to grant a new trial after a jury awarded...

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Full 11th Circuit upholds Florida age limit for gun buys, rejecting NRA...

ATLANTA (CN) — A law preventing Floridians under the age of 21 from buying rifles and other long guns will remain on the books after a divided en banc 11th Circuit on Friday dove deep into the history...

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Trump companies sue Capital One over ‘woke’ account closures

MIAMI (CN) — Several companies affiliated with President Donald Trump, along with the president’s son Eric Trump, sued Capital One in Miami on Friday, claiming the bank bowed to political and social...

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Army veteran’s Capitol riot pardon causes snare in weapons conviction appeal

(CN) —  Attorneys for the federal government and a military veteran convicted on weapons charges ended up on the same side during an 11th Circuit panel hearing on Thursday as they each asked the...

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11th Circuit orders new sentence for Grindr attacker

(CN) — A man convicted of 17 counts of violence in a spree of Miami robberies, carjackings and kidnappings targeting gay men must be resentenced after a Florida federal judge granted him a lighter...

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11th Circuit poised to order resentencing of Grindr attacker

(CN) — An 11th Circuit panel appeared to side with a government attorney Wednesday who argued a Florida federal judge struck an illegal sentencing bargain with a man convicted of 17 counts of violence...

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11th Circuit upholds Florida fishing regulations in federal waters

(CN) — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission can restrict where and how state-registered fishing boats may harvest pompano fish in federal waters, a unanimous 11th Circuit panel ruled...

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Corporate payments company challenges FTC injunction at 11th Circuit

ATLANTA (CN) — A global business payments company found to have charged customers millions in unauthorized fees asked an 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday to invalidate a Georgia federal...

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Ex-Bankrate CFO fights to toss guilty plea in $25m fraud scheme

(CN) — Bad legal advice caused the former chief financial officer of consumer financial services company Bankrate to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy and making false statements to the Securities...

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