The Latest Breaking News from Eleventh Circuit

From N. Am. Co. for Life & Health Ins. v. Caldwell, decided Thursday by the Eleventh Circuit, in an opinion by Chief Judge William Pryor, joined by Judges Robin Rosenbaum and Stanley Marcus: This appeal requires us to decide whether a life-insurance policy excludes from coverage a death resulting from…

Feather bans, tent curtilage, and youngsters and their sweets.

Veterans' benefits, Robert's Rules of Order, and Floribama.

In a brief and forceful opinion, a unanimous court explains why the trial court never had jurisdiction to consider Trump's filings in the first place.

Unconsidered pesticides, undesirable aliens, and unconstitutional delegating.

A court grants summary judgment in a #TheyLied case, after the defendant had stopped defending it, concluding that "Ms. Abid's refusal to litigate is purposeful and consistent with her malign, manipulative character shown in this record."

Wanted posters, vague and threatening letters, and dragging a 75-pound dummy.

From Doe v. Mid-American Apartment Communities, Inc., decided Wednesday by Magistrate Judge Christopher Ray (S.D. Ga.): The Court's prior Order explained that "[a]nonymous pleading is the exception to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 10(a), which requires every party to be named in the complaint." It also explained that "[t]he ultimate…

Chalking tires, curbing meters, and secretly recording videos.

"The defendants' [reliance] on ... source materials, including an official congressional report, articles in well-known newspapers and magazines, and police reports ... '... alone ... defeat[s] any claim of actual malice.'"

In its latest filing, the Department of Justice seeks to put an end to Judge Cannon's interference with the federal government's investigation documents kept at Mar-a-Lago.