The following published opinions were released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on August 1, 2008:
Rothgery v. Gillespie County Texas (King, Wiener, Owen, JJ.; per curiam opinion) (appeal from W.D. Tex.) (on remand from U.S. Supreme Court). Vacating district court’s opinion in light of Supreme Court decision that threshold issue […]
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 […]
In my en banc “wrap-up” post, I summarize the arguments in the three cases argued today before the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Here, let me offer a few non-argument-related observations from this morning’s sitting:
After you walk through security in the New Orleans Fifth Circuit courthouse, you notice a […]
This morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held en banc arguments. As Chief Judge Edith Jones commented prior to the first argument, it was the first and only time the current crop of judicial clerks will witness en banc arguments; this was the first en banc sitting since May 15, […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will be sitting en banc tomorrow morning, commencing at 9:00 a.m. (courthouse opens at 8:00 a.m. for those appellate junkies, like me, who want to get a good seat). As posted here last month (with links to the original panel opinions and the en banc briefs), the […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has updated the available information for the May 22, 2008, en banc hearing, adding links to additional briefs in U.S. v. Gomez and In re: Volkswagen of America, Inc. The updated links can be found on this site’s En Banc Preview post. When briefing is completed in Moore v. […]