United States Eighth Circuit - February 2007 Opinion Summaries

Droste v. Julien

Civil Procedure, Construction, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
In a dispute between homeowners and an architect over allegedly faulty building plans and other services he provided regarding the construction of a...

Travis v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's disability-insurance and supplemental security income (SSI) claims under the Social Security Act is affirmed where: 1)...

Wilkinson v. Shackelford

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a tire tread failure suit against Michelin, denial of plaintiff's motion to remand diversity case based on fraudulent joinder is reversed where: 1)...

Dahl v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law
In an action alleging that tobacco company's practice of marketing and selling "light" cigarettes violated state consumer protection statutes and...

Cermak v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought an individual's heirs seeking to enforce rights as heirs under certain Indian Land Certificates, denial of heirs' claim is...

US v. Bass

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, grant of a new trial based on use of perjured testimony is reversed where: 1) there was no...

US v. Guerra-Cabrera

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants' sentences for conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine base are affirmed where the district court did not err in finding that neither...

Wood v. Valley Forge Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Evidence, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a coverage case arising from a drug and alcohol overdose death, partial summary against an insurer and entry of judgment against it for accidental...

Wood v. Foremost Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action brought by plaintiffs seeking compensation from homeowner's insurer for tornado damage to their roof, for injuries suffered by plaintiff...

US v. Bamberg

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The federal Analogue Act, which defines a controlled substance analogue, does not lend itself to arbitrary enforcement, and is not void for vagueness....