United States Fifth Circuit - August 2005 Opinion Summaries

Praylor v. Texas Dep't of Criminal Justice

Civil Rights, Injury and Tort Law, Criminal Law and Procedure

Jacobs v. Nat'l Drug Intelligence Ctr.

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law
The National Drug Intelligence Center violated the Privacy Act by leaking part of an internal analytical document, which alleges that plaintiff was...

US v. Bourgeois

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Death row inmate raises four meritless points of error on direct appeal.

Willy v. Admin. Review Board

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Department of Labor Secretary is vested with the authority to appoint the members of the Department of Labor Administrative Review Board, and...

Neville v. Dretke

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Death row inmate raises six meritless points of error on direct appeal.

Copper Tire & Rubber v. Farese

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit for tortious interference with contract and business relations, judgment in favor of defendant is vacated where the district court erred in...

Minter v. Great Am. Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance dispute, judgment in favor of defendant-insurer, finding that it was not liable for coverage, is vacated where an issue of fact exists...

US v. Bonilla-Mungia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for being unlawfully present in the U.S. is vacated and remanded to determine whether his California conviction for sexual...

Bell v. Ascendant Solutions, Inc.

Class Actions, Securities Law
In a securities fraud suit, denial of class certification is affirmed where plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate that common issues predominate.

Brown v. Chesnut

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
A creditor violates the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay provisions if, without permission of the bankruptcy court, he forecloses on an asset to which...