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United States Fifth Circuit - July 2009 Opinion Summaries

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US v. Fasono

United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a bank robbery prosecution, an ruling refusing to order DNA testing of the clothing worn by the robber under the Innocence Protection Act (Act) is...
07/31/2009 08-60750

Merced v. Kasson

United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action under the Texas Religious Freedom and Restoration Act challenging an ordinance preventing the keeping and slaughter of four-legged...
07/31/2009 08-10358

US v. Seale

United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
The Court of Appeals certifies the following question to the United States Supreme Court: What statute of limitations applies to a prosecution under...
07/30/2009 07-60732

US v. Molina-Solorio

United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution for escaping from federal custody, denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment is reversed where the length of defendant's...
07/28/2009 08-10167

Ovalles v. Holder

United States Fifth Circuit
Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order dismissing petitioner's reconsideration motion for lack of jurisdiction, the petition is denied where...
07/28/2009 07-60836

US v. Clark

United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Tax Law
Defendant's tax fraud conviction is affirmed where the delay prior to defendant's trial did not mandate dismissal with prejudice under the Speedy...
07/28/2009 07-51442

Bluefield Water Assn. Inc. v. Starkville

United States Fifth Circuit
Contracts, Public Utilities
In a breach of contract action regarding a public water utility, an injunction requiring defendant to change its main pipe interface with plaintiff...
07/21/2009 08-60648

US v. Miller

United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for assault against federal officers is affirmed where 1) the government produced sufficient evidence that defendant intended...
07/21/2009 08-50409

US v. Whaley

United States Fifth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for failure to register in accordance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) is affirmed where SORNA...
07/21/2009 08-10951

Oscar Renda Contracting Inc. v. Lubbock

United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant city violated the First Amendment by denying plaintiff a construction contract, summary...
07/21/2009 08-10481

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