Eleventh Circuit Decisions

The Crime Victims’ Rights Act does not give victims the right to appeal a criminal sentence. http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/201112716.pdf

Question certified to Georgia Supreme Court: is an annuity exempt from bankruptcy estate under Georgia law. http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/201113115.cert.pdf

Order as to one of four defendants is not a final judgment; no appellate jurisdiction without a Rule 54(b) certification. http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/201112628.ord.pdf

Under Alabama law, the executor of an estate is bound by an arbitration agreement signed by the decedent and must arbitrate a wrongful death claim. http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/201110730.pdf

The government timely issued international letters rogatory seeking evidence of criminal conspiracy, thus the district court properly suspended the statute of limitations. http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/201015527.pdf

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