United States Fifth Circuit - July 2008 Opinion Summaries

Bogy v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
On petition for rehearing in an action in which plaintiffs alleged that they were entitled to pursue damages arising from claims they released in...

Nano-Proprietary Inc. v. Canon Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a suit arising from defendant's alleged violation of a patent license agreement (PLA) via an impermissible sublicense, dismissal of certain claims,...

US v. Saltzman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Dismissal of an indictment on the basis of prosecutorial vindictiveness is reversed where: 1) the filing of a superseding indictment containing...