United States Fifth Circuit - August 2002 Opinion Summaries
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GULF GUARANTY LIFE INS. CO. v. CONNECTICUT GEN. LIFE INS. CO.United States Fifth Circuit
Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance LawAn insurer's dispute over arbitrator selection did not amount to a waiver of the right to arbitrate, and claims relating to the alleged breach of the... |
08/30/2002 | 01-60582 |
DIAMOND OFFSHORE CO. v. A&B BUILDERS, INC.United States Fifth Circuit
Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment LawPlaintiff failed to show that a drilling rig was "attached" to and "erected" on the seabed of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), and thus did not... |
08/30/2002 | 01-40366 |
MACPHAIL v. OCEANEERING INT'L, INC.United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, RemediesAn injunction, preventing the prosecution of an action in Australia, was improper where the foreign litigation was neither duplicitous nor vexatious,... |
08/27/2002 | 02-40317 |
TYLER v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIAUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Labor & Employment LawIn multiple appeals in an employment discrimination action, admission of statistical employment evidence was proper, and an award of damages on an... |
08/27/2002 | 00-51112, 01-50479 |
HITT v. CONNELLUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment LawA county civil service commission's decision upholding a deputy's termination did not break the causal connection between the deputy's protected First... |
08/26/2002 | 01-50117/51010 |
US v. RANDLEUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, SentencingAlthough an indictment failed to allege drug quantity, and a resulting sentence exceeded the "core" maximum, resentencing is not necessary under a... |
08/26/2002 | 97-20360 |
GUILLORY v. CAINUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas CorpusSelection of a grand jury foreperson was not the product of intentional discrimination where it was found that selection was based on education and... |
08/26/2002 | 01-30032 |
US v. REEDYUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Cyberspace LawThe rule of lenity requires sentencing for child pornography under 18 U.S.C. section 2252 based on the number of websites as the relevant "unit of... |
08/26/2002 | 01-11042 |
US v. BROWNUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & ProcedureConvictions for making false statements to the FBI are affirmed where any error that the district court may have committed, including concerning... |
08/23/2002 | 01-30173 |
US v. EDWARDSUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & ProcedureConvictions for extortion, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, making false statements, and RICO violations, all arising from schemes to make money... |
08/23/2002 | 01-30036 |
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