The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit’s wit and writing style were on display, as the court entered sleuth mode to rule on a case involving an unusually courteous bank robber.

Its unsigned opinion came from a panel of Circuit Judges Robin S. Rosenbaum and Gerald B. Tjoflat, with Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III of the Southern District of New York, sitting by special designation.