Tag Archives: dormant Commerce Clause

11/14/08 Opinions - US 5th Cir. (new en banc case)

November 14, 2008 – 8:46 pm

On November 14, 2008, the U.S. Fifth Circuit announced that it will rehear en banc the case of U.S. v. Seale, involving the issue of whether the federal kidnapping prosecution of a 1964 Civil Rights-related kidnapping and murder was time-barred. Additionally, the Court granted a panel rehearing in Cadles of Grassy Meadows II v. Goldner, […]

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9/8/08 Opinions - US 5th Cir.

September 9, 2008 – 9:22 am

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 […]

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5/19/08 Opinions - US Supreme Ct.

May 19, 2008 – 5:21 pm

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 […]

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