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11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jul 5, 2024

SCOTUS passes on case involving racial purging of capital jurors

ATLANTA — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider the case of a Black man on death row in Georgia who says his trial was unfair because the […]

Arian Simone, center left, and Ayana Parsons, center right, co-founders and CEOs of the Fearless Fund, speak to journalists Jan. 31 outside federal court in Miami (Associated Press file)
Jun 5, 2024

11th Circuit: Grant program is discriminatory

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court panel suspended a venture capital firm’s grant program for Black women business owners, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in […]

A gurney sits in the center of the lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala. (Associated Press file)
May 30, 2024

11th Circuit does not halt Alabama execution

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to halt the upcoming execution of an Alabama man convicted in the beating deaths of an elderly couple during a […]

In addition to federal hate crime charges, Travis McMichael, left, William "Roddie" Bryan, center, and Gregory McMichael were convicted on a Georgia state charge of murder in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. (Composite from AP photo)
Mar 28, 2024

Arbery’s killers ask court to overturn hate crime verdicts

ATLANTA — Attorneys for three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia subdivision asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to throw out their hate crime convictions, […]

Nov 27, 2023

Court: Georgia can elect utility panel statewide

ATLANTA — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Georgia can keep statewide elections for its five-member commission regulating utilities, overturning a lower court judge who found statewide elections illegally […]

Nov 17, 2023

SCOTUS blocks drag show law during appeal

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday it will not allow Florida to enforce its new law targeting drag shows, while a court case proceeds. The justices refused to […]


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