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United States Fifth Circuit - April 2003 Opinion Summaries

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APACHE BOHAI CORP., LDC v. TEXACO CHINA, B.V.
United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 
Under the Federal Arbitration Act, the court lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal from an order staying district court proceedings and compelling...
04/30/2003 02-20489/21158
US v. CHACON
United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure 
In order to determine whether defendant's drug conviction appeal on Fourth Amendment grounds is distinguishable from US v. Portillo-Aguirre, 311 F.3d...
04/30/2003 01-50858
DIXON v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.
United States Fifth Circuit
Injury & Tort Law 
Where plaintiff has not established a sufficient evidentiary basis on which a reasonable jury could find that defendant store owner had constructive...
04/30/2003 00-40006
US v. OGLE
United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Refusal of entrapment instructions is affirmed where defendant showed no government inducement and no lack of predisposition to commit the crimes of...
04/29/2003 02-60285
HS RESOURCES, INC. v. WINGATE
United States Fifth Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law 
District court properly held that a lease for natural gas allows pooling and provides for payment of royalties on a pooled basis, but the decisions...
04/29/2003 02-40165
HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS' UNION v. CITY OF HOUSTON
United States Fifth Circuit
Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law 
Section 207(o)(5) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not require a public agency to allow its employees the use of accrued compensatory time...
04/29/2003 01-21117
ENCORE VIDEOS, INC. v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO
United States Fifth Circuit
Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law 
FindLaw does not summarize per curiam decisions, but we now include per curiam case titles and links to provide notice of and quick access to these...
04/29/2003 00-51119
US v. RODRIGUEZ-MARTINEZ
United States Fifth Circuit
Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law 
FindLaw does not summarize per curiam decisions, but we now include per curiam case titles and links to provide notice and quick access to the cases.
04/25/2003 02-21027
AUSTIN v. JOHNSON
United States Fifth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Juvenile Law, Sentencing 
A boot camp regimen did not violate the proportionality principle of the Eighth Amendment, but camp officials' reckless indifference to a juvenile's...
04/25/2003 02-41137
TEDFORD v. WARNER-LAMBERT CO.
United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law 
In a suit against the maker of Rezulin that was removed to federal court, the removal statute's (28 U.S.C. - 1446(b)) one-year limit on removal is...
04/24/2003 02-10582

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