United States Fifth Circuit - January 2019 Opinion Summaries
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| Description | Date | Docket # |
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Rittinger v. Healthy Alliance Life Insurance Co.United States Fifth Circuit
Health Law, ERISAHeld that a patient could not proceed with a lawsuit against a health insurer over the refusal to provide coverage for her weight loss surgery... |
01/31/2019 | 17-20646 |
In re 4-K Marine LLCUnited States Fifth Circuit
AdmiraltyIn a maritime case, addressed a dispute between the owners of two tugboats that were involved in a collision caused solely by one of them, since the... |
01/30/2019 | 18-30348 |
Lamb v. Ashford Place Apartments LLCUnited States Fifth Circuit
Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant LawHeld that a tenant could not hold her landlord liable for a lung condition she developed as a result of breathing smoke and fumes from her apartment's... |
01/30/2019 | 18-30469 |
US v. FultonUnited States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & ProcedureAffirmed a defendant's conviction for sex trafficking, rejecting his argument regarding the alleged unlawful search of his cell phone. |
01/29/2019 | 17-41251 |
US v. PerdomoUnited States Fifth Circuit
Immigration Law, Criminal Law & ProcedureAffirmed an alien's conviction of illegal reentry following deportation. Held that his Arkansas residential burglary conviction was an aggravated... |
01/28/2019 | 15-40958 |
DeMarco v. DavisUnited States Fifth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & ProcedureRevived a Texas inmate's claim that a correctional officer burdened his free exercise of religion by unjustifiably confiscating his Christian... |
01/28/2019 | 17-11230 |
Rhoades v. DavisUnited States Fifth Circuit
Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & ProcedureAffirmed the denial of a federal habeas petition filed by a Texas inmate convicted of capital murder. |
01/28/2019 | 16-70021 |
US v. FreemanUnited States Fifth Circuit
Immigration Law, Criminal Law & ProcedureHeld that a U.S. Border Patrol agent lacked reasonable suspicion to stop a pickup truck, in a case where the defendant was charged with transporting... |
01/25/2019 | 17-40739 |
84 Lumber Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.United States Fifth Circuit
ConstructionHeld that a subcontractor could not proceed with its lawsuit against a general contractor seeking payment for work on a project to build public... |
01/24/2019 | 18-30170 |
In re Ultra Petroleum Corp.United States Fifth Circuit
Oil and Gas Law, Bankruptcy LawHeld that energy companies emerging from bankruptcy did not have to pay certain creditors a contractual make-whole amount, even though the companies... |
01/17/2019 | 17-20793 |
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