How did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rule on the individual mandate?

In August 2011, a three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling regarding the Affordable Care Act cases. The court affirmed the district court's decision that the individual mandate was unconstitutional, agreeing with the plaintiffs that Congress had exceeded its authority under the commerce clause by attempting to regulate inactivity—specifically, the failure to purchase health insurance.1

While the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the lower court's ruling on the individual mandate and the Medicaid expansion, it reversed the district court's decision regarding the severability of the mandate from the rest of the law. This appellate decision was subsequently among those reviewed by the Supreme Court in the consolidated cases involving the National Federation of Independent Business.12