United States Eighth Circuit - December 2010 Opinion Summaries

Lexicon, Inc. v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action claiming that defendant-insurers were obligated under commercial general liability policies to cover certain property damage, summary...

Veatch v. Bartels Lutheran Home

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action for false arrest based on an allegedly false accusation that plaintiff assaulted her mother, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed...

US v. Cox

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for knowingly possessing a firearm after three prior violent felony convictions is affirmed where the jury asked a question of...

Clark v. Mathews Int'l. Corp.

Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff was terminated and suffered other adverse employment actions due to his age, summary judgment for defendants is...

Rogers Group, Inc. v. Fayetteville

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In an action seeking to prevent the enforcement of a city's ordinance regulating rock quarries in or near the city's corporate limits, a preliminary...

US v. Koestner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for tampering with a witness to cover up the fraudulent use of food stamp benefits is affirmed where the court was permitted to...

US v. Datcu

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiring to possess device making equipment and aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft are affirmed...

Gates v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the decision of the district court upholding the Social Security Commissioner’s denial of her application for disability...

Puc-Ruiz v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision dismissing petitioner's appeal from an Immigration Judge's (IJ) order...

US v. Brown

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendant's conviction and sentence for wire fraud, causing interstate travel in execution of a scheme to defraud, engaging in monetary transactions...