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11/18/08 Opinion - US 5th Cir.

November 19, 2008 – 9:04 am

The following published opinion was released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on November 18, 2008:

Stover v. Hattiesburg Public School District (Higginbotham, Stewart, Southwick, JJ.; opinion by Stewart, J.) (appeal from S.D. Miss.). Affirming in part, reversing in part, and vacating in part judgment rendered on jury verdict in favor of […]

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4/8/08 Opinions - U.S. 5th Cir.

April 9, 2008 – 9:49 am

Published opinions released by the U.S. 5th Circuit on April 8, 2008:

U.S. v. Gulley (King, DeMoss, Southwick, JJ., per curiam). Affirming conviction for first degree murder; finding sufficient evidence; finding no error in district court’s exclusion of evidence of victim’s eight prior instances of violence, which defendant had sought to introduce to support self-defense […]

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