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 Louisiana Supreme Court on July 1, 2008:
State v. Hatton (opinion by Kimball, J.). The defendant was arrested and charged with two counts of computer-aided solicitation of a minor. Prior to trial, the defendant moved to quash the Bill of Information on the basis that La. R.S. […]
The following opinions were released by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 23, 2008:
Rothgery v. Gillespie County, Texas (Opinion of the Court by Souter, J., joined by Roberts, C.J., Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, JJ.; concurring opinion by Roberts, C.J., joined by Scalia, J.; concurring opinion by Alito, J., joined by Roberts, C.J., Scalia, […]
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 […]
The debate on climate litigation and the standing issues involved, which I alluded to in last week’s “Virtual CLE” post, is beginning to move mainstream. On Slate.com’s Convictions blawg yesterday, Eric Posner and Adam White traded posts on the issue of standing in climate litigation. Look for my still-forthcoming post on the political […]