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United States Fifth Circuit - August 2007 Opinion Summaries

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OneBeacon Ins. Co. v. Don's Building Supply Inc.
United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Product Liability, Property Law & Real Estate  (Industry: Manufacturing)
Questions of law are certified to the Supreme Court of Texas regarding: 1) the proper rule under Texas law for determining the time at which property... 		08/09/2007 06-10727
Milligan v. Trautman
United States Fifth Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Insurance Law  (Industry: Manufacturing)
The cash from a surrendered whole-life insurance policy is not exempt from a bankruptcy estate under Texas law. 		08/09/2007 06-50363
US v. Morales-Martinez
United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing  (Industry: Manufacturing)
A sentence for illegal re-entry is vacated where the district court improperly calculated defendant's sentencing guideline range by applying a... 		08/08/2007 06-40467
Chauvin v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.
United States Fifth Circuit
Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate  (Industry: Manufacturing)
In an action brought by homeowners against their insurers, alleging that their homes were totally destroyed in Hurricanes Katrina and/or Rita, an... 		08/07/2007 06-30946, 07-30033
Rothgery v. Gillespie County
United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law  (Industry: Manufacturing)
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a county alleging violation of plaintiff's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to counsel, summary judgment... 		08/03/2007 06-50267
In Re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation
United States Fifth Circuit
Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law  (Industry: Manufacturing)
In a consolidated suit by policyholders with property damaged by Hurricane Katrina alleging that the massive inundation of water into the city was the... 		08/03/2007 07-30119
Smith v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
United States Fifth Circuit
Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability  (Industry: Manufacturing)
In a suit alleging defective tire design after an automobile accident caused by a tire blowout, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the... 		08/03/2007 06-60373
Smith v. Seacor Marine LLC
United States Fifth Circuit
Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law  (Industry: Manufacturing)
In an action seeking contractual indemnity for sums a third-party defendant may owe to plaintiff, who was injured in an oilfield accident which... 		08/02/2007 06-30992
Nichols v. Enterasys Networks, Inc.
United States Fifth Circuit
Contracts, Labor & Employment Law  (Industry: Manufacturing)
In a suit alleging breach of a contractual agreement to pay plaintiff additional sales commissions based on a previous year's sales plan, summary... 		08/02/2007 06-20493
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Abbott
United States Fifth Circuit
Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Insurance Law  (Industry: Services)
In a suit challenging a Texas statute restricting the right of an auto insurer to own and operate auto body shops, judgment rejecting plaintiff's... 		08/02/2007 06-10500

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