United States Fifth Circuit - May 2019 Opinion Summaries
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In re Life Partners Holdings Inc.United States Fifth Circuit
Securities Law, Bankruptcy LawIn the bankruptcy proceeding of an investment business that had committed securities fraud, revived some of the bankruptcy trustee's claims against... |
05/31/2019 | 17-11477 |
US v. BaileyUnited States Fifth Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & ProcedureAffirmed a defendant's conviction and sentence for possession and production of child pornography. |
05/31/2019 | 18-11223 |
McGlothin v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.United States Fifth Circuit
Insurance LawIn an insurance coverage dispute arising out of a car crash, construed Mississippi's Uninsured Motorist Act. Held that the insurer was entitled to... |
05/31/2019 | 18-60338 |
Travelers Indemnity Co. v. MitchellUnited States Fifth Circuit
Insurance Law, Criminal Law & ProcedureHeld that a county government's insurers had a duty to defend a civil rights lawsuit relating to the murder convictions of three innocent men who were... |
05/29/2019 | 17-60291 |
Janvey v. GMAG, L.L.C.United States Fifth Circuit
Securities LawOn rehearing, vacated the original opinion in this case and substituted an order certifying a question to the Texas Supreme Court concerning the... |
05/24/2019 | 17-11526 |
Lampkin v. UBS Financial Services, Inc.United States Fifth Circuit
Securities LawHeld that shareholders could not proceed with claims against a brokerage company relating to the collapse of the energy firm Enron in 2001. Affirmed... |
05/24/2019 | 17-20608 |
YPF S.A. v. Apache Overseas, Inc.United States Fifth Circuit
M&A, Dispute Resolution & ArbitrationUpheld an arbitration award in a business dispute involving one company's sale of certain assets to another. Affirmed the district court's... |
05/24/2019 | 17-20802 |
Webb v. Town of Saint JosephUnited States Fifth Circuit
Government Law, Constitutional LawRevived a man's claim that a town violated his state constitutional rights by seeking an excessively large fine against him for violating a local... |
05/24/2019 | 17-30267 |
Martinez-Manzanares v. BarrUnited States Fifth Circuit
Immigration LawUpheld a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying an alien's application for asylum and other relief. He claimed he had suffered persecution in... |
05/24/2019 | 18-60315 |
Gowdy v. Marine Spill Response Corp.United States Fifth Circuit
Injury & Tort Law, AdmiraltyHeld that a seaman who injured his foot allegedly when stepping off a dangerously placed ladder did not need expert medical testimony to survive... |
05/23/2019 | 17-41198 |
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