| Description | Date | Docket # |
| Halliburton Co. Benefits Comm. v. Graves United States Fifth Circuit Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A In a class action brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) involving the retiree program of a company that merged into a... |
08/31/2006 | 06-20632 |
| Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc. v. City of Lubbock Texas United States Fifth Circuit Constitutional Law, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law Dismissal of a contractor's First Amendment retaliation claim against a city is vacated where: 1) the district court erred in concluding that... |
08/31/2006 | 05-10836 |
| Fordoche, Inc. v. Texaco Inc. United States Fifth Circuit Contracts, Oil and Gas Law In a case involving the performance of obligations under right of first refusal (ROFR) clauses in joint operating agreements to which defendant-Texaco... |
08/31/2006 | 05-30857 |
| Louisiana Crawfish Producers Ass'n - West v. Rowan United States Fifth Circuit Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Tax-exempt Organizations Summary judgment for the United States Army Corps of Engineers on claims arising from a non-profit organization of commercial crawfishermen's... |
08/30/2006 | 05-30956 |
| Malagon de Fuentes v. Gonzales United States Fifth Circuit Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law A petition for review of a removal order is denied where the BIA did not err in: 1) upholding an immigration judge's determination that petitioner was... |
08/30/2006 | 04-60897 |
| Gobert v. Caldwell United States Fifth Circuit Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law Denial of a state-prison physician's assertion of qualified immunity from an inmate's civil rights action alleging constitutionally inadequate medical... |
08/30/2006 | 05-30820 |
| US v. Courtney United States Fifth Circuit Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence Grant of defendant's motion to suppress statements she made to federal investigators in a perjury case, pursuant to a claim that agents' tactic of... |
08/30/2006 | 05-30156 |
| Knowles v. City of Waco United States Fifth Circuit Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law In a constitutional challenge to ordinances that threatened plaintiffs' ability to protest peacefully near an abortion clinic in Waco, Texas, the... |
08/25/2006 | 05-50598 |
| Larin-Ulloa v. Gonzales United States Fifth Circuit Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law Petition for review of a decision of the BIA finding petitioner removable for having been convicted of an aggravated felony and a denial of his motion... |
08/25/2006 | 03-60721 |
| Peace v. Am. Gen. Life Ins. Co. United States Fifth Circuit Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law Summary judgment for Halliburton on a United Kingdom citizen's breach of contract claim is vacated where the district court erred in holding that a... |
08/25/2006 | 05-20195 |