United States Fifth Circuit - August 2007 Opinion Summaries

Leonard v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a homeowner's policy coverage dispute arising from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a judgment for...

PSKS, Inc. v. Leegin Creative Leather Prods., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law
On remand from the Supreme Court, the action is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court's opinion, which reversed the...

Stokes v. Wilder

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks and two of its employees, dismissal of claims...

Corry v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston

ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action arising from the termination of disability benefits for plaintiff whose claim for disability arose from fibromyalgia, summary...

Pruett v. Harris County Bail Bond Bd.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
A decision finding that a Texas statute restricting solicitation of potential customers denied bail bondsmen their First Amendment rights is affirmed...

Consol. Cos. Inc. v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In an action brought by a property owner against a railroad company arising from alleged contamination of the property by railroad operations, an...

US v. McDowell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Evidence
A conviction and sentence for aiding and abetting the mailing of obscene material is vacated where, despite being reviewed only for a manifest...

Taylor v. Quarterman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
In a capital case, an application for a Certificate of Appealability is denied, principally because petitioner did not present clear and convincing...

Cent. Laborers' Pension Fund v. Integrated Elec. Servs. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action brought against defendant and several of its executive officers, dismissal with prejudice of plaintiffs' complaint is...

Gaona-Romero v. Gonzales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings, a petition for rehearing en banc is denied as moot because the underlying decision is vacated and remanded to the BIA so that...