Emmett Ripley Cox

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit circuit Retired 2021 · served 1988–2021 Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican) 33 signed orders read

Judge Cox no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
No. 93-9278 · 1995-10-20
Appeal (appellant) Moot / procedural

“For the foregoing reasons, we VACATE the district court's entry of summary judgment for all insurers who are parties to this appeal and REMAND to the district court with instructions to DISMISS the action as to the parties to this appeal for want of jurisdiction.”

Johnson v. City of Fort Lauderdale
No. 96-4052 · 1997-05-30
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Accordingly, we affirm the district court's order denying the defendants' motion to dismiss Johnson's Sec. 1983 claims.”

Burke v. United States
No. 97-3013 · 1998-09-03
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Joseph James Burke appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 motion for modification and correction of sentence. We affirm.”

American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co. v. Tison Hog Market, Inc.
No. 98-8506 · 1999-08-03
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“Accordingly, the district court's judgment is vacated, and we remand this case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

Davis v. Carl Cannon Chevrolet-Olds, Inc.
No. 98-6489 · 1999-07-26
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“Accordingly, we vacate the district court's denial of the motion to remand and remand the case for further proceedings.”

Robbins v. Koger Properties, Inc.
Nos. 95-2882, 95-3069 · 1997-07-14
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“The district court held that plaintiffs offered sufficient proof of loss causation to support their Rule 10b-5 claim. We reverse and render judgment in favor of Deloitte and Touche.”

Mederos v. United States
No. 99-11024 · 2000-07-17
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We vacate the district court's order denying Mederos's Sec. 2255 motion as time-barred, and remand.”

United States v. Kapelushnik
Nos. 01-14114, 01-14115 · 2002-09-17
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We therefore vacate Kapelushnik's and Volis's sentences and remand for the imposition of new sentences without such departures.”

Williams v. Best Buy Co.
No. 00-11829 · 2001-10-18
Appeal (appellant) Moot / procedural

“Accordingly, this case is remanded to the district court for the limited purposes of developing the record and making findings of fact with regard to the amount in controversy at the time of removal.”

Patrick v. Floyd Medical Center
No. 98-9542 · 2000-01-26
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment on the ground that Patrick has failed to establish sufficient state action to support a Sec. 1983 claim.”

United States v. Smith
No. 07-13202 · 2008-06-30
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We affirm his convictions and sentences.”

Sterling Financial Investment Group, Inc. v. Hammer
No. 03-15745 · 2004-12-16
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“The order of the district court is, therefore, affirmed.”

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A historical record

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