United States Fifth Circuit - May 2002 Opinion Summaries
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|---|---|---|
US v. WYNNUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas CorpusPrisoner's late-filed 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion may be entitled to equitable tolling, where a court letter advising him of the lack of action in... |
05/31/2002 | 01-10660 |
HUGH SYMONS GROUP v. MOTOROLA, INC.United States Fifth Circuit
Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort LawA plaintiff may not assert a claim acquired by assignment, under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, where the assignor has assets of greater... |
05/28/2002 | 01-50835 |
US v. MORGANUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, SentencingDistrict court erred in considering the weight of the liquid solution in which LSD was contained, in addition to the weight of the LSD itself, in... |
05/23/2002 | 01-20500 |
US v. SOUTHLAND MGMT. CORP.United States Fifth Circuit
Property Law & Real Estate, Government LawMateriality is a required element of an action under the civil False Claims Act, but summary judgment in favor of defendants was inappropriate, where... |
05/22/2002 | 00-60267 |
US v. RUNYANUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Cyberspace LawDefendant's conviction for distribution of child pornography reversed, where evidence did not show dissemination or transportation; searches conducted... |
05/22/2002 | 00-10821, 01-11207 |
MARTINEZ v. TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALSUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Habeas CorpusEven if Texas Death Row prisoners' challenges to state's "policy" of appointing ineffective state habeas counsel could be distinguished from their... |
05/21/2002 | 02-40755 |
BAUHAUS USA, INC. v. COPELANDUnited States Fifth Circuit
ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment LawERISA does not authorize an employer's action seeking a declaratory judgment that it was entitled, under the terms of an employee benefit plan, to... |
05/21/2002 | 01-60343 |
ABRAMS v. BAKER HUGHES INC.United States Fifth Circuit
Class Actions, Securities LawDismissal of a securities fraud class action claim, under sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act, was proper where plaintiffs failed to... |
05/21/2002 | 01-20514 |
RAMSEY v. HENDERSONUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Labor & Employment LawWhile it was error for the district court not to consider acts of discrimination falling outside of the actionable period as relevant background... |
05/20/2002 | 01-30287 |
LASALLE BANK NAT'L ASS'N v. SLEUTELUnited States Fifth Circuit
Contracts, Property Law & Real EstateA guarantor validly waived any right of offset he may have had under Texas Property Code section 51.003; prepayment consideration was properly... |
05/16/2002 | 01-10487 |
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