United States Fifth Circuit - February 2007 Opinion Summaries
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Apache Bohai Corp. LDC v. Texaco China BVUnited States Fifth Circuit
Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, Oil and Gas LawIn a dispute involving production sharing contracts and petroleum exploration and development at a bay in China, a judgment confirming an arbitration... |
02/28/2007 | 05-20413 |
LeMaire v. State of LouisianaUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment LawSummary judgment on an employee's claims against state employer of sexual harassment and retaliation under Title VII is affirmed in part and reversed... |
02/27/2007 | 05-31134 |
Hampton v. Oktibbeha County Sheriff Dep'tUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education LawIn a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case brought by a school director who was arrested after he requested to see an arrest warrant for a student an officer... |
02/27/2007 | 06-60223 |
US v. NikonovaUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, SentencingThe presumption of reasonableness that attaches to a properly calculated guideline sentence is rebutted only where the sentence falls so far afoul of... |
02/27/2007 | 05-31093 |
US v. MeredithUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, EvidenceIn the context of a lawful vehicle stop, after ordering an occupant to exit a vehicle and hearing that he claims to be physically unable to do so, an... |
02/27/2007 | 05-31071 |
Abraham v. SinghUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment LawIn a RICO lawsuit brought by Indian citizens who were recruited under false pretenses to become steelworkers in Louisiana, dismissal of the RICO claim... |
02/27/2007 | 05-30860 |
Barrow v. Greenville Indep. Sch. Dist.United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment LawSummary judgment to a school district on a teacher's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Title VII disparate impact claims is affirmed where: 1) the district... |
02/27/2007 | 05-11151 |
US v. HubbardUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, SentencingDefendant's sentence for distributing child pornography is vacated pursuant to the government's challenge where his prior Oklahoma conviction for... |
02/26/2007 | 05-10704 |
US v. RajwaniUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Elder Law, SentencingA conviction for aiding and abetting wire fraud resulting from a transfer scheme which caused elderly victims substantial financial losses is affirmed... |
02/26/2007 | 05-10648 |
US v. HillsmanUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & ProcedureDefendant's conviction for drug- and firearm-related charges is affirmed over a claim that his Sixth Amendment right to counsel was violated when the... |
02/23/2007 | 06-20087 |
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