The following published opinion was released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on July 2, 2008:
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. v. Federal Trade Commission (Reavley, Garza, Dennis, JJ.; opinion by Dennis, J.) (on granting petition for panel rehearing and withdrawing original panel opinion). Denying petition for review of FTC order […]
The following opinions were released by the Louisiana Supreme Court on July 1, 2008:
State v. Hatton (opinion by Kimball, J.). The defendant was arrested and charged with two counts of computer-aided solicitation of a minor. Prior to trial, the defendant moved to quash the Bill of Information on the basis that La. R.S. […]
Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (”LII”) has posted its Highlights of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007-08 Term here. LII does a fantastic job throughout every term of posting previews and then links to opinions as they come out, and for many years has been my source for contemporaneous information on the Court.
In the highlights post, […]
The following published opinions were released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on June 30, 2008:
Barnes v. Koppers, Inc. (Jones, C.J., Garwood, Jolly, JJ.; opinion by Jones, C.J.). Plaintiff sued defendants, whose facility produced treated railroad ties using creosote, creosote mixtures, and pentachlorophenol, for environmental contamination leading to the death […]
The following published opinions were released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on June 27, 2008:
ITT Educational Services, Inc. v. Arce (Higginbotham, Benavides, Dennis, JJ.; opinion by Benavides, J.). Affirming injunctive relief granted pursuant to suit to enforce confidentiality agreement to prevent dissemination of arbitrator’s findings to third parties. […]
Just a quick post to share this story about a Texas appellate court decision that has resulted in an order to return a Kenner, Louisiana family’s pet to Louisiana from a Texas family that had adopted it. The dog and its Louisiana family were separated during the Hurricane Katrina aftermath. Attempts to regain […]
The following opinions, the last of the 2007-08 Court Term, were released by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2008:
Davis v. Federal Election Commission (Opinion of the Court by Alito, J., joined by Roberts, C.J., Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, JJ., and joined as to Part II by Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer, JJ.; opinion concurring in […]
The following published opinions were released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on June 25, 2008:
Butler v. Cain (Davis, Southwick, Clark, JJ.; opinion by Southwick, J.). The petitioner did not file for direct appeal of his conviction for second-degree murder timely, but the Louisiana Supreme Court subsequently considered (and denied) […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released its en banc opinion today in Moore v. Quarterman. The seventeen-judge en banc panel issued a per curiam opinion (Jones, C.J., King, Jolly, Davis, Smith, Wiener, Barksdale, Garza, Benavides, Stewart, Dennis, Clement, Prado, Owen, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, JJ.). The Court held that, regardless […]
The following opinions were released by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2008:
Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker (Opinion of the Court by Souter, J., joined by Roberts, C.J., Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, JJ., and by Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer, JJ., as to Parts I, II, and III; concurring opinion by Scalia, J., joined by Thomas, J.; […]