United States Fifth Circuit - May 2010 Opinion Summaries

R.H. v. Plano Indep. Unified Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's denial of tuition reimbursement for private preschooling under the Individuals with Disabilities...

In re: Ran

Bankruptcy Law, International Law
In an Israeli bankruptcy receiver's appeal of the district court's denial of his petition for recognition under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code of...

Shandong Yinguang Chem. Indus. Joint Stock Co. v. Potter

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against the individual owner of a corporation seeking to pierce the corporate veil based on common law fraud and fraudulent inducement,...

Gagnon v. United Technisource Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) based on defendants' failure to increase plaintiff's "per diem" hourly rate, judgment for...

Admiral Ins. Co. v. Ford

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action seeking a declaration that plaintiff-insurer owed defendant no duty to defend a suit arising out of a blown-out oil well, summary...

Rosenblatt v. United Way of Greater Houston

ERISA
In an ERISA action asserting that the net effect and intent of defendant's benefit plan conversion was to shift the burden of funding the plan's...

Meza v. Livingston

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a civil rights action for violations of plaintiff's right to due process after defendants attached sex offender conditions to plaintiff's mandatory...

US v. Loftis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law
In defendant's appeal from the district court's order of garnishment, which set aside a community property partition agreement entered into between...

Meaux Surface Protection, Inc. v. Fogleman

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for breach of fiduciary duty claiming that defendant surreptitiously and unlawfully poached employees and clients while working for...

In the Matter of: Tex. Comm. Energy

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In an action claiming that defendant drew down a letter of credit in violation of a bankruptcy court order and confirmed reorganization plan that...