| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
US v. PAYNEUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Considering an affidavit and the circumstances surrounding issuance of a search warrant, the good faith exception applies; evidence supported a...
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07/31/2003 | 01-50351 |
IN RE: HORSESHOE ENTM'T.United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure
The district court clearly erred and abused its discretion in denying a motion to transfer venue of a Title VII/ADA case, as factors favoring transfer...
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07/30/2003 | 02-30682 |
BAUER v. STATE OF TEXASUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim against a county judge, seeking a declaratory judgment that section 875 of the Texas Probate Code is...
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07/30/2003 | 02-20412 |
NEWBY v. ENRON CORP.United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Securities Law
The district court was authorized, under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 and the All Writs Act, to issue an order staying...
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07/30/2003 | 02-20486 |
LISLE v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUEUnited States Fifth Circuit
Tax Law
The Tax Court clearly erred in finding that the government proved income taxpayers' deficiency due to fraud by clear and convincing evidence, but...
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07/30/2003 | 01-60639/40/41/42 |
NUNEZ v. SIMMSUnited States Fifth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Because a teacher had no property interest in continued employment after her teaching certification lapsed, the clearly established constitutional...
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07/30/2003 | 02-50625 |
GOLDSTEIN v. MCI WORLDCOMUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Securities Law
Where a complaint for securities fraud does not adequately plead scienter in conformity with the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and Rule...
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07/29/2003 | 02-60322, 03-60248 |
MONK v. HUSTONUnited States Fifth Circuit
Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
A preliminary injunction precluding the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality from considering a landfill permit application is vacated because...
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07/29/2003 | 02-40880, 02-41155 |
BIGBY v. COCKRELLUnited States Fifth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Murder conviction is affirmed over claims that trial judge denied petitioner his constitutional right to due process by declining to recuse himself...
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07/29/2003 | 99-11262 |
IN THE MATTER OF CPDC, INC.United States Fifth Circuit
Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
Defendants timely cured alleged violations of the Texas usury statute, which affords a creditor 60 days to cure from the date when the creditor...
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07/23/2003 | 02-20197 |