United States Eighth Circuit - June 2005 Opinion Summaries

US v. Parisien

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for felony larceny is affirmed over her claim that the district court erred when it allowed the jury to aggregate the embezzled...

US v. Kicklighter

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a drug conviction is affirmed over the government's claim that the district court abused its discretion in determining the...

US v. Storer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a child pornography conviction is vacated and remanded for resentencing pursuant to US v. Booker, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005).

US v. Crawford

Criminal Law and Procedure

US v. Parker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress is affirmed where the district court did not err in finding that he consented to the search of his residence...

US v. Archuleta

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant was not entitled to relief under US v. Booker, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005), since the government had demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that...

US v. Martin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress is affirmed where his operation of a motor vehicle with one working brake light gave the arresting officer...

US v. Howard

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for illegal possession of a firearm is affirmed over his claim that the district court imposed an improper offense level under...

Swartz v. Burger

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Iowa courts did not unreasonably apply federal law in determining that plaintiff's conviction under the Iowa felon-in-possession statute did not...

Harley v. Agostini

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action alleging that defendant-employer breached its fiduciary duties under ERISA, plaintiffs failed to present the kind of clear and...