United States Fifth Circuit - July 2001 Opinion Summaries
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US v. DE LOS SANTOSUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & ProcedureA preliminary order of forfeiture is a final, appealable judgment under the 1994 version of Rule 32(d)(2) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. |
07/31/2001 | 98-41602 |
WANG v. ASHCROFTUnited States Fifth Circuit
Administrative Law, Civil ProcedureWhile an agency may act upon its own motion, a party that seeks to challenge on appeal the failure of an agency to act sua sponte must sufficiently... |
07/31/2001 | 00-60291 |
PAINEWEBBER INC. v. THE CHASE MANHATTAN PRIVATE BANK (SWITZERLAND)United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & ArbitrationA foreign corporation with no other meaningful connection to Texas does not impliedly consent to the jurisdiction of a district court in Texas by... |
07/31/2001 | 00-20917 |
US v. RODRIGUEZUnited States Fifth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & ProcedureThe government may not argue that the jury should infer a defendant's guilt directly from his post-arrest silence, and where the prosecutor argues... |
07/30/2001 | 99-10982 |
US v. LANDEROS - ARREOLAUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, SentencingWhere defendant's sentence was reduced from a potentially qualifying term of imprisonment to probation, and it was not a suspension of the sentence, a... |
07/27/2001 | 00-50512 |
US v. CLARKUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Habeas CorpusIn determining whether an amendment to a habeas petition would be futile, district courts may need to determine whether Apprendi announces a... |
07/26/2001 | 99-50485 |
MCCLENDON v. CITY OF COLUMBIAUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Injury & Tort LawThe Fifth Circuit adopts the "State Created Danger" theory of liability, requiring that a plaintiff need only show that state actors created a... |
07/26/2001 | 00-60256 |
HARPER MACLEOD SOLICITORS v. KEATY & KEATYUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil ProcedureA registering court may rely on F. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(4) to entertain jurisdictional challenges to the validity of a default judgment issued by another... |
07/26/2001 | 00-30906 |
HICKMAN v. STATE OF TEXASUnited States Fifth Circuit
Bankruptcy Law11 USC 523(a)(7) excludes from discharge only those forfeitures imposed because of misconduct or wrongdoing by the debtor, so a debt arising from the... |
07/26/2001 | 00-10604 |
US v. VILLAFRANCAUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & ProcedureA local prosecutor's fixing of drug cases interfered with or facilitated narcotics trafficking sufficient to create an effect on interstate commerce,... |
07/25/2001 | 99-4059 |
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