United States Eighth Circuit - September 2010 Opinion Summaries

US v. Bolden

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for conspiring to distribute cocaine and one count of conspiring to commit money laundering for his part in a large...

Prince v. Kids Ark Learning Ctr.

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a sexual harassment action against a defunct daycare center, the district court's order declining to impose liability on the center's successor is...

US v. Hatchett

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendant's wire fraud sentence is affirmed where the district court did not err in finding that the testimony at sentencing, bank records, and...

Newberry v. Burlington Basket Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action alleging that defendant violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Iowa Civil Rights Act (ICRA) by terminating...

US v. Worman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendant's conviction and sentence for mailing, possessing, and transporting a pipe bomb are affirmed in part where: 1) given the weight of the...

US v. Burrell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine base and powder cocaine is vacated where the district court did...

Shelton v. Kennedy Funding, Inc.

Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a breach-of-contract and fraud action arising out of the sale of an Arkansas cemetery and involving the alleged breach of a loan agreement,...

US v. Loaiza-Sanchez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
Defendants' sentence for conspiring to distribute, and possessing with intent to distribute a substantial quantity of methamphetamine is affirmed...

EEOC v. Con-Way Freight, Inc.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by the EEOC claiming that defendant failed to hire a prospective employee because of her race in violation of Title VII, summary judgment...

Lykken v. Brady

Agriculture, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action asserting civil rights violations arising from a search of plaintiffs' farm, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the...