Tag Archives: employment discrimination

6/30/08 Opinions - US 5th Cir.

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 […]

5/28/08 Opinions - US 5th Cir.

The following published opinions were released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on May 28, 2008:

Pinkerton v. Paige (Jones, C.J., Reavley, Smith, JJ.; per curiam opinion). Withdrawing prior opinion upon petition for panel rehearing and replacing with new opinion. Plaintiff brought suit against the Department of Education under the […]