| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
Ellis v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a tort action based on plaintiff's injury in Mississippi while working on a construction site for an Alabama employer who was a subcontractor for...
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10/29/2010 | 09-60917 |
Packard v. OCA Inc.United States Fifth Circuit
Commercial Law, Contracts, Remedies
In defendants' appeal from summary judgment for plaintiff on defendant's counterclaims for unjust enrichment and money had and received, the order is...
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10/27/2010 | 09-41004 |
US v. FisherUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
In a drug prosecution, the district court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment on double-jeopardy grounds is reversed where the...
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10/26/2010 | 10-30424 |
US v. WanambisiUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A denial of defendant's motion to reduce his sentence for conspiring to import heroin is affirmed where: 1) nothing in Amendment 505 to the Sentencing...
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10/26/2010 | 10-30175 |
Gene & Gene, L.L.C. v. Biopay, L.L.C.United States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Evidence
In a lawsuit involving unsolicited faxes wherein defendant appealed from the district court's grant of plaintiff's motion to re-certify a class, the...
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10/25/2010 | 09-31191 |
US v. JeongUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, International Law
Defendant's conviction for bribing American public officials is affirmed where: 1) Article 4.3 of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign...
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10/25/2010 | 09-11127 |
Cates v. Dillard Dept. Stores, Inc.United States Fifth Circuit
Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
(Industry: Retail) In an action against a department store after plaintiff slipped and fell, alleging that her fall was caused by a plastic "wet floor" sign that an...
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10/22/2010 | 09-31193 |
Pearson v. HolderUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a challenge to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) and state sex-offender laws as unconstitutional on the grounds that they...
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10/21/2010 | 09-10808 |
US v. Holy Land Found. for Relief & Dev.United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Remedies, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In third-party movant's appeal from the district court's holding that movant's Fifth Amendment rights were violated by its public naming in an...
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10/21/2010 | 09-10875 |
Bianco v. HolderUnited States Fifth Circuit
Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) affirmance of a final order of removal, the petition is denied where: 1) under 18...
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10/20/2010 | 09-60597 |