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United States Fifth Circuit - June 2010 Opinion Summaries

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White v. Thaler
United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
In a murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance by: (1) cross... 		06/30/2010 06-20736
Ogunfuye v. Holder
United States Fifth Circuit
Administrative Law, Immigration Law 
In a petition for review of a final order of removal entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), the petition is denied where: 1) because... 		06/28/2010 09-60074
Crescent Towing & Salvage Co. v. Chios Beauty MV
United States Fifth Circuit
Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Transportation 
In an action for damages sustained when defendant's ship collided with plaintiffs' barges and tugboats during Hurricane Katrina, partial judgment for... 		06/25/2010 09-30055
Kemp v. Holder
United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law 
In an action for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act arising from the termination of plaintiff's... 		06/25/2010 09-30255
Rathborne Land Co. v. Ascent Engy., Inc.
United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies 
In an action for breach of defendant's obligations to reasonably develop and explore a leased parcel of oil, gas, and mineral land, judgment for... 		06/25/2010 09-30499
Bailey v. Cain
United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
In a murder prosecution, petitioner's appeal of the denial of his habeas petition is dismissed and the denial of petitioner's Fed. R. Crim. P. 60... 		06/25/2010 08-31222
Woodfox v. Cain
United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus 
In the state's appeal from a grant of petitioner's habeas petition in a murder prosecution, the order is reversed where: 1) petitioner failed to... 		06/25/2010 08-30958
Bagby Elevator Co. v. Schindler Elevator Corp.
United States Fifth Circuit
Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law 
In an action for tortious interference with contract, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) under the court's highly deferential standard of... 		06/25/2010 09-10804
US v. Williams
United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing 
In a case involving a defendant's transport of 74 unlawful aliens, and the death of 19 of them after he left the aliens locked in the trailer of his... 		06/25/2010 07-20689
Rice v. Astrue
United States Fifth Circuit
Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law 
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's order requiring her attorney to remit a portion of her Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) award if she... 		06/25/2010 09-10589

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