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United States Eighth Circuit - February 2007 Opinion Summaries

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Wilkinson v. Shackelford
United States Eighth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability  (Industry: Manufacturing)
In a tire tread failure suit against Michelin, denial of plaintiff's motion to remand diversity case based on fraudulent joinder is reversed where: 1)... 		02/28/2007 06-2018
Travis v. Barnhart
United States Eighth Circuit
Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law  (Industry: Manufacturing)
Dismissal of plaintiff's disability-insurance and supplemental security income (SSI) claims under the Social Security Act is affirmed where: 1)... 		02/28/2007 06-2142
Droste v. Julien
United States Eighth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Construction, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions  (Industry: Manufacturing)
In a dispute between homeowners and an architect over allegedly faulty building plans and other services he provided regarding the construction of a... 		02/28/2007 06-2385
Dahl v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
United States Eighth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law  (Industry: Consumer Products, Manufacturing)
In an action alleging that tobacco company's practice of marketing and selling "light" cigarettes violated state consumer protection statutes and... 		02/28/2007 06-1776
Cermak v. US
United States Eighth Circuit
Administrative Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate  (Industry: Consumer Products, Manufacturing)
In an action brought an individual's heirs seeking to enforce rights as heirs under certain Indian Land Certificates, denial of heirs' claim is... 		02/28/2007 06-1686
US v. Bass
United States Eighth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence  (Industry: Consumer Products, Manufacturing)
In a prosecution for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, grant of a new trial based on use of perjured testimony is reversed where: 1) there was no... 		02/28/2007 06-1240
Wood v. Valley Forge Life Ins. Co.
United States Eighth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Contracts, Evidence, Health Law, Insurance Law  (Industry: Consumer Products, Manufacturing)
In a coverage case arising from a drug and alcohol overdose death, partial summary against an insurer and entry of judgment against it for accidental... 		02/27/2007 06-2193
US v. Guerra-Cabrera
United States Eighth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing  (Industry: Consumer Products, Manufacturing)
Defendants' sentences for conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine base are affirmed where the district court did not err in finding that neither... 		02/27/2007 06-2826, 06-2827
US v. Bamberg
United States Eighth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence  (Industry: Consumer Products, Manufacturing)
The federal Analogue Act, which defines a controlled substance analogue, does not lend itself to arbitrary enforcement, and is not void for vagueness.... 		02/27/2007 06-1489
Wood v. Foremost Ins. Co.
United States Eighth Circuit
Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law  (Industry: Consumer Products, Manufacturing)
In an action brought by plaintiffs seeking compensation from homeowner's insurer for tornado damage to their roof, for injuries suffered by plaintiff... 		02/27/2007 06-1904

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