United States Fifth Circuit - August 2006 Opinion Summaries

Fordoche, Inc. v. Texaco Inc.

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In a case involving the performance of obligations under right of first refusal (ROFR) clauses in joint operating agreements to which defendant-Texaco...

Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc. v. City of Lubbock Texas

Constitutional Law, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a contractor's First Amendment retaliation claim against a city is vacated where: 1) the district court erred in concluding that...

Halliburton Co. Benefits Comm. v. Graves

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In a class action brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) involving the retiree program of a company that merged into a...

Malagon de Fuentes v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a removal order is denied where the BIA did not err in: 1) upholding an immigration judge's determination that petitioner was...

US v. Courtney

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Grant of defendant's motion to suppress statements she made to federal investigators in a perjury case, pursuant to a claim that agents' tactic of...

Gobert v. Caldwell

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of a state-prison physician's assertion of qualified immunity from an inmate's civil rights action alleging constitutionally inadequate medical...

Louisiana Crawfish Producers Ass'n - West v. Rowan

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Summary judgment for the United States Army Corps of Engineers on claims arising from a non-profit organization of commercial crawfishermen's...

Dickson v. Quarterman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a death penalty case, denial of habeas relief is affirmed over a Brady claim where, even assuming the pretrial interview recordings at issue...

Bodin v. Vagshenian

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Judgments on partial findings pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 52(c) in favor of defendant-U.S. on psychiatric patients' claims under the Federal Tort...

Peace v. Am. Gen. Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for Halliburton on a United Kingdom citizen's breach of contract claim is vacated where the district court erred in holding that a...