The following published opinions were released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on September 8, 2008:
Cadles of Grassy Meadows II, LLC v. Texas (Davis, Smith, DeMoss, JJ.; opinion by Smith, J.) (appeal from N.D. Tex.). Affirming district court’s dismissal of suit to recover debt as time-barred. Employing a two-tiered […]
The following published opinions were released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on August 12, 2008:
Wardlaw v. Cain (Garza, Dennis, Mills, JJ.; per curiam opinion) (appeal from M.D. La.). Affirming district court’s dismissal of petitioner’s claims as untimely under AEDPA. The Fifth Circuit held that Smith v. Ward, 209 […]
The following opinions were released by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 19, 2008:
U.S. v. Rodriquez. Opinion of the Court by Alito, J., joined by Roberts, C.J., Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, JJ.; dissenting opinion by Souter, J., joined by Stevens, Ginsburg, JJ.. At issue is whether a “serious drug offense” for purposes of […]
The following published opinions were released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on April 25, 2008:
Kirschbaum v. Reliant Energy, Inc. (Jones, C.J., Stewart, Clement, JJ.; opinion by Jones, C.J.). Affirming district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants to ERISA class action brought by employee participant in defendants’ […]
The following additional published opinions were released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on April 24, 2008:
Crocker v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh (Garwood, Higginbotham, Clement, JJ.; per curiam). In a separate Texas state court lawsuit, plaintiff received a $1,000,000.00 default judgment against an additional insured on a […]
The U.S. Supreme Court released the following opinions on April 15, 2008:
Meadwestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Department of Revenue (Alito, J., for unanimous Court; Thomas, J., concurring). Commerce and Due Process Clause case regarding apportioned taxation of multistate enterprise’s intrastate and extrastate activities that form “unitary business,” on writ of certiorari to Appellate Court of […]