# Norelus v. Denny's, Inc.

> Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · December 28, 2010 · 628 F.3d 1270

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9438831

## Case

- **Full name:** Floride NORELUS, A.K.A. Lavictore Remy, Plaintiff, Karen Coolman Amlong, William R. Amlong, Amlong & Amlong, P.A., Interested-Parties-Appellants, v. DENNY’S, INC., T.W. Services, Inc., Meos Corp., Inc., a Florida Corporation, Asif Jawaid, Individually, Raheel Hameed, Individually, Defendants-Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- **Decided:** December 28, 2010
- **Citations:** 628 F.3d 1270; 78 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 363; 111 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 4; 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 26286; 2010 WL 5298847
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Bowen
- **Judges:** Tjoflat, Carnes, Bowen
- **Cited by:** 154 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- recognizing the “well-established rule against reversing a district court judgment on the basis of issues and theories that were never presented to that court” because “issues not raised in the district court should not be considered on appeal”
- explaining that it is “by now well settled in this Circuit that a legal claim or argument that has not been briefed before the court is deemed abandoned and its merits will not be addressed”
- stating that it is "by now well settled in this Circuit that a legal claim or argument that has not been briefed before the court is deemed abandoned and its merits will not be addressed”
- noting “fees-on-fees” should be awarded as reasonable costs of establishing the right to, and the amount of, attorney's fees when doing so is warranted under the text of the rule or statute at issue because to deny such awards would “undermine the congressional policies behind…
- affirming imposition of § 1927 sanctions against attorneys who created 63-page errata sheet with 868 attempted changes to their client’s deposition testimony, materially altering testimony and undermining support for claims, but nevertheless continued to litigate

## Opinion text

BOWEN, District Judge,
concurring in part:
I decline to join in Section III.C. of the opinion. I concur in the remainder thereof and in the result of affirmance.

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