BY LACEY STUTZ — On September 5, 2012, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant for John Errol Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson, who has been on death row for thirty-four years, was convicted and sentenced to death for eight counts of first-degree murder in 1978. Six of the murders were execution-style killings that occurred during […]
BY EAMON WELCH — Although Native Americans enjoy a substantial degree of sovereign immunity on their tribal lands, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently demonstrated that this immunity is not unqualified. On October 15, 2012, in Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. United States, the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the […]
University of Miami Law Review alumns Kathryn DeMarco (J.D. 2012) and Elizabeth Rieser-Murphy (J.D. 2012) examine how Alabama’s H.B. 56 exposes immigrant women to dangerous abuse. Read the full article here.
Since the publication of last year’s Eleventh Circuit issue, the court has welcomed its newest member, Judge Adalberto J. Jordan. He was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Judge Susan H. Black in 2011 upon her decision to take senior status after nearly two decades of distinguished service. As Judge Jordan’s colleague on the Southern District of Florida bench […]
The Volume 66 Eleventh Circuit edition of the University of Miami Law Review is now available online, featuring articles on important cases and legal developments in Florida and the broader Eleventh Circuit.
