2012 Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 2001 - 2500 of 3124

De Lage Landen Financial Svc v. Cedar Lake Oncolog
Date: May 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60692
Dayral Nathan v. R. Hancock, et al
Date: May 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60811
Gary Nutall, et al v. Claude Maye, et al
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: 10-50755
Ronald Edwards v. Eastland County Jail, et al
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10692
Clarence Cyrus v. William Sherrod
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30746
Hounkpati Sounou v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60542
Gene Mitchell v. Nathaniel Quarterman, et al
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 10-40591
USA v. Kayode Akamo
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20387
USA v. Jeremy Bender
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30328
Earl Deville, et al v. Conmaco/Rector L.P., et al
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30477
United States v. Pruett, et al.  
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30572

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants were charged with knowingly violating the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., and were convicted on multiple counts. Defendant Pruett, through LLWC and LWC Management, was responsible for the operation of…

Kai Hamburg v. Life Ins Co. of North America
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30874
USA v. Lazaro Jimenez-Espinoza
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40910
USA v. Julio Lemos-Zamora
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50857
Renee Akers v. Hinds Community College
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60116
Roberts v. Thaler  
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-70032

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. The district court subsequently rejected his petition for habeas relief, but granted him a certificate of appealability to pursue three claims arising…

Albert Robinson v. Home Depot USA, Inc., et al
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20428
USA v. Sterling Johnson
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30314
USA v. Louis Boyd, Jr.
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30361
USA v. Thompson Chinwoh
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30683
Michelle Alario v. Offshore Service Vessels, LLC,
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31142
United States v. Esparza-Perez  
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50090

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with attempting to reenter the United States unlawfully after removal. At sentencing, the district court enhanced his offense level by sixteen levels based…

Sylvia Muniz v. Marriott Hotel Services, Inc., et
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50392
Bowlby v. City of Aberdeen, Mississippi, et al.  
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60279

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued defendants, the City and the Zoning Board, for violations of the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause and for denying her procedural due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. The Board had…

USA v. Byron Williams
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60418
USA v. John Stephens, Jr.
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60642
USA v. Herbert Jena
Date: May 11, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10979
Mary Edelmann v. Joe Keffer
Date: May 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10720
United States Marine, Inc. v. USA
Date: May 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30177
Joseph Roberts v. Rodney Cole, II, et al
Date: May 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40520
Juliet Cotton v. Joe Keffer
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10918
USA v. Jose Chavez
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20091
USA v. Frankie Sanders
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20354
Dorian Harrison v. Corrections Corp. of America
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20464
Edwina Bushnell, et al v. Georgia Gulf Lake Charle
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30383
USA v. Jose Ramos Serano
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40145
USA v. Charles Drouin
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40226
USA v. Jose Rodriguez
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50598
USA v. Martin Gardea
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50684
USA v. Gustavo Olmos-Amador
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50747
United States v. Amer  
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60522

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of Pseudoephedrine in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(c)(2). The conviction rendered defendant deportable and he was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment. There was no…

Jerome Smith v. Mississippi Parole Board
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60544
USA v. Victor Alegria
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20215
George Lee v. Venetia Michael
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30790
USA v. Jesus Montalvo-Rodriguez
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40892
USA v. Bernardo Lacour
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50721
USA v. Bobby Dozier
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60380
A. Ballard v. Devon Louisiana Corp.
Date: May 8, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20497
United States v. McKinnon  
Date: May 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20163

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition but reserved his right to appeal the district court's denial of his motion to suppress with respect to the firearm and ammunition. The…

USA v. Gregory Osewalt
Date: May 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60678
Norman Birl, Jr. v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 10-40810
USA v. Alonso Serrano-Chairez
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10420
Forestell Sheppard v. Eric Holder, Jr., et al
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11040
Josye Brookter v. GC Services, L.P., et al
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20377
Linda Criner v. Texas - New Mexico Power Co., et a
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20391
Jesse Castilla, Jr. v. Ernestine July, et al
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20703
Christopher Dresser v. Ohio Hempery Incorporated,
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30590
Sharon Ellzey v. Marlin Gusman
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30678
USA v. Antonio Flores-Martinez
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40376
April Walker v. Harris County, et al
Date: May 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20235
Jesse Castilla, Jr. v. Ernestine July, et al
Date: May 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20703
USA v. James Walker, Jr.
Date: May 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30505
USA v. Allison Hargrave
Date: May 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30740
USA v. Jorge Blanco-Castillo
Date: May 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41068
Ali Ibrahim v. Anaz Incorporated, et al
Date: May 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50437
Furniture and Accessory Retail, et al v. Lane Furn
Date: May 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60441
Zen Lin v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: May 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60505
Timothy Biliouris, et al v. Sundance Resources, In
Date: May 3, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10940
Timothy Biliouris, et al v. Sundance Resources, In
Date: May 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10283
David McIntosh v. Rebecca Tamez
Date: May 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10435
Robert Morris v. Elizabeth Cross, et al
Date: May 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40220
USA v. Pompilio Mendez-Diaz
Date: May 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40511
Eric Bertram v. Jody Upton
Date: May 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41096
United States v. Diaz-Gomez  
Date: May 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50159

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant plead guilty to two counts of violating 18 U.S.C. 554 by attempting to export a nine-millimeter semi-automatic handgun and various ammunition, and concealing the items for export. On appeal, defendant…

USA v. Luis Torres
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20658
USA v. Joseph Evans
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30521
Synchropile, Inc. v. Traylor Brothers, Inc., et al
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30796
Michael Walker v. Malise Prieto, et al
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30942
James Conard v. USA
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50475
USA v. Daniel Hernandez
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50580
USA v. Marcus Westbrook
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60660
USA v. Richard Jackson
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10401
Taasheana Quinn v. Maurice Miller
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20543
Alphonse Smith v. East Baton Rouge Police Dept., e
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30996
Willie Cole v. Jody Upton
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40791
Ralph Smith v. Dawn Grounds, et al
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40859
Manuel Perez-Castillo v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60397
Connie McAllister v. DeSoto County, Mississippi, e
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60482
Jacqueline Williams, et al v. Haley Barbour, et al
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60593
John Crosby v. Computer Science Corporation, et al
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60661
USA v. Roy Perkins, Jr.
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10477
Access Mediquip, L.L.C. v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20868
Ronald Pearson v. Eric Holder, et al
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10473
USA v. Kevin Buck
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10561
Jeffrey Pina v. Rebecca Tamez
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10710
USA v. Jessica McCool
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10717
Donald Paxson v. Rebecca Tamez
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10854
Jay Renobato v. Compass Bank Corporation, et al
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20417
USA v. Lonnie Poydras
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30381
John Roach, Sr., et al v. Allstate Indemnity Compa
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30945
Oscar Hamilton, et al v. State Farm Fire & Casualt
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31072
USA v. Brian Holmes
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40213
Stephanie Weldy v. Nueces County, Texas, et al
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40523
USA v. Federico Garcia-Santos
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40584
Reginald Stevens v. USA
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40640
Marvin Hall v. William Ramsey, et al
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40856
USA v. Stephen Brenner
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50432
James Grissom v. Liberty Mutual Fire Ins Co.
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60260
Carroll Parr v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-70009
USA v. Joshua Cowan
Date: April 27, 2012
Docket Number: 10-40928
USA v. Almond Richardson
Date: April 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30151
USA v. Guadalupe Martinez-Sandoval
Date: April 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40818
USA v. Cesar Ramirez-Guzman
Date: April 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50756
USA v. Pedro Rosales-Trujillo
Date: April 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50778
Mohammad Irfan v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: April 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60467
Patricia Lee v. Washington County
Date: April 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60829
USA v. Said Herrera, et al
Date: April 26, 2012
Docket Number: 09-50323
Bemont Investments, L.L.C., et al. v. United States  
Date: April 26, 2012
Docket Number: 10-41132

Justia Opinion Summary: These consolidated cases sought judicial review of notices of final partnership administrative adjustment (FPAA) issued to Bemont and BPB. Following the review of the district court, the government appealed the ruling on…

EEOC v. Service Temps Inc.  
Date: April 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10262

Justia Opinion Summary: A Texas jury found that a corporate staffing company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq., when it refused to allow a deaf woman to apply for a warehouse job, awarding her back pay,…

USA v. David Viado
Date: April 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10771
USA v. Lidio Resendez-Guerrero
Date: April 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50424
Ray Jasper v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: April 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-70001
USA v. Miguel Ruiz-Lopez
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 10-40524
Glenda Hall v. Joe Keffer
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10657
Forrest DeSmit v. Dallas Fort Worth Intl Airport
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11137
USA v. Nicolas Lopez
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20340
Stanwood Boom Works, L.L.C. v. BP Expl & Productio
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20511
USA v. Jose Garcia, Jr.
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20537
USA v. Jose Valdez
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20545
Sylvester Rollins v. Burl Cain, Warden
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30154
Sharon Walton-Lentz v. Innophos, Incorporated
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30299
Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, et al v. Sandra Thompson-
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30471
USA v. Thomas Johnson
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30912
Alonzo Celestine v. Transwood, Incorporated
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30958
USA v. Mario Jaimes-Alvarez
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40381
USA v. Jose Sanchez-Reyez
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40593
USA v. Douglas Tyler
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50731
Robert Wainwright v. USA
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50935
Milo Richardson v. Prairie Opportunity, Inc., et a
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60343
Saiyadali Maknojia v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60455
In re: Beunka Adam  
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Numbers: 12-40436, 12-70010

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in Texas state court. Petitioner filed a motion in the district court pursuant to Civil Rule 60(b)(6), seeking relief from the district court's judgment…

Beunka Adams v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 12-70010
Beunka Adams v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 12-70011
Verizon Business Global v. Wayne Hagan, et al
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 09-31226
USA v. Damon Elliott
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 10-40775
USA v. Fairade Dorsey
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10351
Robert Bonner v. Bob Alford
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10765
USA v. Julio Gutierrez-Jaramillo
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20137
USA v. Juan Carrera
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20411
USA v. Gonzalo Madrigal
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40091
USA v. Humberto Sandoval-Chavez
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40929
USA v. Doel Ortiz
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41023
USA v. Eyitayo Araromi
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50019
USA v. Fernando Castaneda-Quiroz
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50298
USA v. Alejandro Lopez-Vasquez
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50719
USA v. William Turner
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 10-41146
USA v. Detric Lewis
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10346
USA v. Michael Davis
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11006
Julio Rodriguez-Duberney v. Kerry Dixon
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11029
USA v. Guadalupe Gutierrez
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20128
East Baton Rouge Parish Sch Bd v. Kelvin Wells
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30725
Lucas Roddy v. Burl Cain, Warden
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30728
Charlie Flentroy v. Blake Lamb, et al
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40717
USA v. Mario Garcia-Chavez
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40726
Frank Stoffels, et al v. SBC Communications, Inc.,
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50148
Grissom v. Liberty Mutual Fire Ins. Co.  
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60260

Justia Opinion Summary: Following the destruction of his home in Hurricane Katrina, plaintiff sued Liberty Mutual for negligent misrepresentation to recover the difference between his flood insurance coverage he had and the coverage he could…

Tomas Ceron-Silvas v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60352
United States v. Esparza  
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20705

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for illegal reentry into the United States under 8 U.S.C. 1326. At issue was whether the record evidence was sufficient to justify the trial judge's conclusion that defendant was an…

USA v. Saul Martinez-Perez
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 10-40328
Eddie Kearse v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 10-51062
USA v. John McAllister
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10619
Mid-Continent Casualty Company v. Academy Developm
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20219
Felicia Jones v. CitiMortgage, Incorporated, et al
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20643
Darius Elam v. Patricia Lykos
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20700
Kevin Haynes v. W. Sherrod
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31035
USA v. Esneider Hidrobo
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40041
Sawyer, et al. v. E I DuPont de Nemours & Co  
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40454

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, 64 former employees of DuPont who worked at the company's manufacturing facility in La Porte, Texas, filed suit against DuPont alleging that they were fraudulently induced to terminate their employment with…

USA v. Douglas Palencia-Bonilla
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40921
United States v. Abrahem  
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50166

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of knowingly making a false statement to the Department of Defense security personnel when he entered Brooke Army Medical Center demanding to see a patient in the hospital accused in the Fort Hood…

USA v. Gregg Herrera, Jr.
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50371
USA v. Norman Medina-Sanchez
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50465
USA v. Jorge De La Cruz
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50561
Ballard v. Devon Louisiana Corp.  
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20497

Justia Opinion Summary: Ballard, successor in interest to Kilroy, sued Devon, successor in interest to Wise Oil, for breach of a provision in an American Association of Petroleum Land Men (AAPL) Model Form Operating Agreement (Operating…

USA v. Eduardo Rodriguez-Vela
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20646
Pedro Morales v. Rebecca Tamez
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10955
Allen Calton v. Brad Livingston, et al
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20444
Kim Barton v. GEC Development, L.L.C.
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30340
USA v. Rafael Nava-Palacios
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30602
USA v. Samuel Johnson
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30639
USA v. Johnny Mathis
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30698
Stanley Lindsey v. Burl Cain, Warden
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30997
Jose Gutierrez v. City of San Antonio Magistrate,
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50735
USA v. Antonio Arroyo-Jurado
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50750
United States v. Rivas-Lopez  
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20436

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a federal prisoner, contended that he received ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorney overestimated his sentencing exposure under a proffered plea deal, leading him to reject the deal and stand…

Jones, et al. v. Lowndes County, Mississippi, et al.  
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60941

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the county, the sheriff's department, and the sheriff and a deputy, in their individual and official capacities. On appeal, defendants argued that they were detained for…

Mario Swain v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 10-70011
USA v. Alexander McKinnon
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20163
USA v. Jose Nieto
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20297
USA v. Jose Gasca
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20504
Russell Hamner v. USA
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20789
USA v. Marcos Ruiz
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30780
USA v. Abraham Rivera-Arroyo
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40788
USA v. Hector Garcia-Guajardo
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40822
USA v. Marco Castillo
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50457
USA v. Jose Lopez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-11068
USA v. Jose Romero-Luna
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20595
USA v. Pedro Ramos
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-30793
USA v. Don Jackson
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-31022
USA v. Eduardo Rosales-Ortiz
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-41318
USA v. Jose Ceballos-Amaya, et al
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-50940
USA v. Pedro Navarrete-Castillo
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-51009
USA v. Abraham Vara
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-51194
USA v. Samuel Pettis
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-61008
USA v. Larry Shoumaker
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-61009
USA v. Charles Bramlett
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10434
USA v. Alfredo Garza-Sosa
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10524
USA v. Antonio Arce
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10539
USA v. Carmelo Rodriguez-Chavez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10607
USA v. Nicholas Diaz
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10672
USA v. Howard Pitcock
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10757
USA v. Michael Ward
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10799
USA v. Randy Neece
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10850
USA v. Jesus Iturbe
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20067
USA v. Henry Ferrera
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20090
USA v. Francisco Jimenez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20143
USA v. Maria Rodriguez Castillo
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20209
USA v. Edgar Guerrero
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20312
USA v. Santos Vasquez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20361
USA v. Jose Rauda
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20457
USA v. Dimas Medina-Mejia
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20465
USA v. Oscar Gomez-Gomez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20492
USA v. Hermelindo Segundo
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20493
USA v. Servando Juarez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20535
USA v. Gary Powell
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20712
United States v. Chemical & Metal Ind.  
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30327

Justia Opinion Summary: C&MI was a company that recycled hazardous compounds used by manufacturers and Honeywell was one of its clients. An employee of Honeywell died from exposure to toxins released from a container that C&MI had mislabeled as…

USA v. Kerry Owens
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30366
Stephanie Turner v. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30476
USA v. Tommie Thomas, Jr.
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30545
LA Environmental Action Ntwrk v. City of Baton Rouge, et al.  
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30549

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a citizen suit against defendants, alleging violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. Defendants filed a rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, asserting that the citizen suit was barred under…

USA v. Zelbony Taylor
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30762
USA v. Willie Williams
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30791
USA v. J. Balderas
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40445
USA v. Jaime Ramirez-Ortiz
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40496
USA v. Malone Burns
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40516
USA v. Jose Franco-Murillo
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40723
USA v. Arley Garces-Angulo
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40747
USA v. Jesus De La Torre-Molina
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40752
USA v. Gerardo Favela-Herrera
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40793
USA v. Reymundo Mendoza-Trejo
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40797
USA v. Alejandro Meza-Canchola
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40813
USA v. Miguel Galvan-Fajardo
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40815
USA v. Juan Herrera-Montes
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40820
USA v. Adolfo Garcia-Badillo
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40853
USA v. Gustavo Esquivel-Celestino
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40854
USA v. Joel Celedon-Rios
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40858
USA v. Francisco Medrano-Gonzales
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40865
USA v. Juan Orellana-Quinteros
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40867
USA v. Daniel Martinez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40875
USA v. Fermin Palacios-Lopez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40882
USA v. Sergio Martinez-Corrales
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40899
USA v. Guadalupe Lozoya
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40904
USA v. Azael Caballero-Bosquez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40909
Robert Kramer v. Samuel Bisco, et al
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40920
USA v. Eulogio Torres-Orellana
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40939
USA v. Juan Ramirez-Serrato
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40981
USA v. Johnathan Chang-Azkarraga
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40990
USA v. Silvano Flores-Vega
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40992
USA v. Pasqual Guarchaj-Tahay
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41024
USA v. Jose Felix-Ibarra
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41025
USA v. Victor Sanchez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41036
USA v. Rene Rivas
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41043
USA v. Rosalio Gonzalez-Hernandez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41049
USA v. Alfonso Urbina
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41055
USA v. Rosalio Gonzalez-Hernandez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41064
USA v. Jose Munoz-Gaucin
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41100
USA v. Miguel Abeldanez Sanchez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41156
USA v. Alejandro Martinez-Tavera
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41171
USA v. Luis Velez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41179
Hunt Development Group, L.P. v. Dick Corporation
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50063
USA v. Nicolas Garcia-Castaneda
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50082
United States v. Espinoza  
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50369

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed from his sentence after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Because restitution to a pawn shop to which defendant sold stolen firearms that he unlawfully possessed was not…

USA v. Felipe Dominguez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50510
USA v. Jason Williams
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50525
USA v. Jorge Encinas
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50530
USA v. Juan Flores
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50574
USA v. Roque Saenz-Quintela
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50607
USA v. Jason Morrison
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50613
USA v. Francisco Renteria-Vazquez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50617
USA v. Andres Hernandez-Villafuerte
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50636
USA v. Robert Hafley
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50736
USA v. Alberto Feguracion-Martinez
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50770
USA v. John Williams
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50888
USA v. Desmond Burnett
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60272
Pradeep Rawal v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60500
Thomas McDaniel v. Terex Reedrill
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 10-31264
Atkins v. Salazar  
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60940

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a law enforcement park ranger, was transferred to a staff ranger position based on the conclusion of a medical review board constituted by the National Park Service that his uncontrolled diabetes could prevent…

Seth Nelson v. Eric Holder, Jr., et al
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11156
Joel Mallory, Jr. v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20192
USA v. Marlon Fajardo
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20403
Melvin Shaw, Jr. v. David Sweetin, et al
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20522
Tango Transport, L.L.C. v. Transport Intl Pool, In
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30441
Bice v. Louisiana Public Defender Bd  
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30537

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought suit against the Board, arguing that the fee charged at the conclusion of his public intoxication and public inhabitation case violated his rights under the Sixth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment…

Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30704
Rickey Barnes v. David Johnson, et al
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30729
USA v. Jerry Cutley
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30885
United States v. Flores-Martinez  
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40376

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction under 8 U.S.C. 1326(a) and (b)(1) for being found unlawfully present in the United States after previous deportation subsequent to a felony conviction. The court concluded that the…

Michael Stout v. Rick Thaler, et al
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40740
USA v. Moises Gutierrez-Castro
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40744
Eric Watkins v. Michael Garrett
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40765
USA v. Porfirio Saldana-Ventura
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40946
USA v. Evers Benitez
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40965
Brandon Overshown v. Jody Upton
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41028
Stoffels, et al. v. SBC Communications, Inc., et al.  
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50148

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought an enforcement suit against defendants under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. 1001-1461. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants' practice of offering reimbursements for…

USA v. Francisco De La Cruz-Navarro
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50771
Pedro Rugama-Zamora v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60498
USA v. Scott Thomas
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60702
Jane Doe, et al v. Covington County Sch Dist, et a
Date: April 13, 2012
Docket Number: 09-60406
USA v. Willie Fields
Date: April 13, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60890
USA v. Preston Blanton
Date: April 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10405
USA v. Salvador Castillo-Garcia
Date: April 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10609
Victoria Fonseca v. Universal Specialty Undwr, et
Date: April 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11063
USA v. Arnulfo Martinez
Date: April 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20172
USA v. Daniel Alfaro-Martinez
Date: April 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40885
USA v. Seth Hilliker
Date: April 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50112
USA v. Barry Yett
Date: April 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50349
USA v. Pedro Vasquez
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 10-41270
Willie Love v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60106
USA v. Donald Scribner, II
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10464
USA v. Dimetriace John
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10548
USA v. Luis Beltran-Cervantes
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10836
USA v. Mento Kaluanya
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20170
USA v. Carlos Almendarez
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20423
USA v. Ray Aguillard
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30488
USA v. Derrick Ervin
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30538
James Reedom v. O'Neal Jones, Jr.
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30741
USA v. Lorenzo Herrera-Isidoro
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40597
USA v. Fred Gutierrez
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40770
USA v. Roger Jones
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40841
USA v. Paulino Loera-Zepeda
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50578
Lakesha Bell-Wilson v. William Skinner, et al
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60375
USA v. Owen Leverette
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60601
Franklin Williams v. Rebecca Tamez
Date: April 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10806
USA v. Jonathan Siros
Date: April 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20142
Kayode Afuwajomo v. Christian Andrade, et al
Date: April 10, 2012
Docket Number: 10-41237
USA v. Marshun Stewart
Date: April 10, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60738
Darin Duncan v. Univ of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr
Date: April 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20025
George LaBlanche, III v. Prairie View A & M Univer
Date: April 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20885
USA v. James Strouse
Date: April 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40633
USA v. Rosa Ayers
Date: April 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50559
Rose Ominski v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, et
Date: April 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60145
Shira Stallworth v. Singing River Health System
Date: April 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60525
Villas at Parkside Partners, et al v. City of Farm
Date: April 9, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10751
USA v. Jose Romero-Sanchez
Date: April 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40794
Harold Eggers v. John Van Zandt, II, et al
Date: April 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50217
USA v. Santos Nunez-Cisneros
Date: April 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50412
Thomas Horn v. Thomas Vaughan, et al
Date: April 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60024
USA v. Daniel Anyadike
Date: April 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20256
USA v. Pablo Ramos-Barrera
Date: April 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30712
USA v. Alvaro Paramo
Date: April 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40430
USA v. Daniel Melgoza
Date: April 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50413
USA v. Larry McKnight
Date: April 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60236
USA v. John Delco
Date: April 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30643
Charlie Gonzales v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 10-50794
Love v. Tyson Foods, Inc.  
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60106

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff asserted federal claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq., and under 42 U.S.C. 1981, as well as a state-law claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress,…

USA v. Randall Curry
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10503
Beverly Johnson v. JP Morgan Chase Bank
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10581
USA v. Richard Bouldin
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10889
Franklin Williams v. Rebecca Tamez
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10916
USA v. Kristen Way
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20034
Looney Ricks Kiss Architects v. Bryan, et al.  
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30121

Justia Opinion Summary: LRK, an architect firm, brought this action for copyright infringement against a former client and his affiliated building companies (collectively, Bryan defendants). Lafayette and State Farm, insurers of Bryan's Cypress…

Michele Yancy v. US Airways, Incorporated
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30799
James Baker v. Marina Medina
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30990
USA v. Victor Flores-Salvador
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40829
USA v. John Milligan
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50232
USA v. Damion Lundy
Date: April 3, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60986
Lisa Bushman v. David Moore, et al
Date: April 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20688
Daniel O'Fallon v. Encore Receivable Mgmt, Inc., e
Date: April 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60730
USA v. Casita Enterprises, Inc., et al
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10212
LaPrince Black v. Dan Cox, et al
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10769
Alex Nguyen v. Sysco Food Services of Houston
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20120
USA v. Safety National Casualty Corp., et al
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20727
Eugene Anderson, et al v. Illinois Central Railroa
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30747
ACS Recovery Services, Inc., et al. v. Griffin, et al.  
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40446

Justia Opinion Summary: ACS and FKI appealed the district court's decision to dismiss their suit for equitable relief under section 502(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(3)(B), for lack…

USA v. Raul Araguz-Ramirez
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40530
Leticia Wilson, et al v. College Of The Mainland,
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40963
USA v. Angelica Mauricio
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50422
USA v. Alberto Martinez-Mendoza
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50539
Edward Smith v. Bastrop Med Clinic, P.A., Inc., et
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50981
Maria Trenado, et al v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Compa
Date: March 30, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20675
Alicia Lewis v. City of Waxahachie, et al
Date: March 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10707
USA v. Sergio Rosa
Date: March 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20029
United States v. Richardson, Jr.  
Date: March 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40244

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the due administration of justice and one count of knowingly making a materially false statement to a governmental agency. Defendant's convictions stemmed from…

Susan Pennington v. Texas Health & Human Services
Date: March 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50003
USA v. Marvin Webster, Jr.
Date: March 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50681
USA v. Javier Solis-Diaz
Date: March 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50867
Salts v. Epps, et al.  
Date: March 29, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60201

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners, proprietors of a family-run funeral home, were convicted of embezzlement in connection with their business. The State appealed from the district court's grant of their petition for a writ of habeas corpus.…

Luminant Generation Company, et al v. EPA
Date: March 29, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60891
Jerald Dorsey v. Rebecca Tamez, et al
Date: March 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10526
Waldron v. Adams & Reese, L.L.P.  
Date: March 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30462

Justia Opinion Summary: This was an adversary proceeding arising out of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy of debtors. The trustee filed suit against A&R, the former debtors' counsel, seeking disgorgement of the attorney's fees awarded during the…

Robert McClure v. Kenneth Foster, et al
Date: March 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40272
USA v. Miguel Castro-Magama
Date: March 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40592
Susan Pennington v. Texas Health & Human Services
Date: March 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50003
Kamal Patel v. Ronald Thompson, et al
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Number: 10-11061
USA v. Martin Cervantes
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20846
United States v. Claiborne  
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Number: 10-51189

Justia Opinion Summary: This case dealt with the district court's application of the obstruction of justice enhancement and non-application of the minor role reduction to defendant's sentence for aiding and abetting the possession with intent…

United States v. Lundy  
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60986

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of the use of facilities of interstate commerce to persuade, induce, and entice a minor female to engage in illegal sexual activity. Defendant appealed his sentence on various grounds. The court…

USA v. Bernard Dolenz
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10926
Mandell Rhodes, Jr. v. Nathaniel Quarterman, et al
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20285
McKnight v. Dresser, Inc.; Lachney v. Dresser, Inc.; Anderson, et al. v. Dresser, Inc.  
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Numbers: 11-30050, 11-30072, 11-30104

Justia Opinion Summary: In a consolidated appeal, plaintiffs contended that the district court erred in denying their motions to remand and in dismissing their workplace safety claims as time-barred. Plaintiffs claimed, inter alia, that Dresser…

Haben Lachney v. Dresser, Incorporated
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30072
Foster Anderson, et al v. Dresser, Incorporated
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30104
Frederick Crumbley v. Gregory Dawson, et al
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40357
USA v. Stenneth Barnett
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40827
USA v. Wallace Haynes, III
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60096
USA v. Michael Giventer
Date: March 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-20111
Verizon Business Global v. Wayne Hagan, et al
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 09-31226
USA v. Christopher Williams
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10819
USA v. James Coleman
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 10-30936
USA v. Alonso Perez-Rios
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 10-51031
Luminant Generation Co., et al. v. EPA  
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60891

Justia Opinion Summary: This case required the court to review the EPA's disapproval, more than three years after the time within which it was statutorily required to act, of three regulations promulgated by the State of Texas. 30 Tex. Admin.…

Mittie Fleming v. Uncle Bob Storage Inc. Sovran
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10245
USA v. Kendrick Fulton
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10716
Rodolfo Vela, et al v. Bradley Manning, et al
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10834
Grixi Mendez v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp., et al
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20047
USA v. Steven Carr
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20206
Wuxi Taihu Tractor Co., Ltd. v. York Group, Incor
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20318
Clifton Crumbliss v. Michael Darden, et al
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20389
Joseph Kiggundu v. Mtg Elec Regstn Systems, Inc.,
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20533
USA v. Rudy Cabrera
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30254
Chukwuma Azubuko v. Catherine H. Gallagher Co-Op,
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30842
Larry Baker, Jr. v. Helix Energy Solutions Group
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30951
John Humphreys v. City of Ganado, Texas, et al
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41082
Thomas Cipolla v. C. Roberts
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50391
USA v. Wallace Haynes, III
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60096
Mary Harmon v. Journal Publishing Company
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60244
Ophilia Asanga v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60307
Chukwuma Azubuko v. Roxbury Charter High School
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60350
Barbara Elam, et al v. Kansas City Southern Railwa
Date: March 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60363
Thomas Turner v. Kansas City Southern Railway
Date: March 26, 2012
Docket Number: 09-30558
Edmonds, et al. v. Oktibbeha County, Mississippi  
Date: March 26, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60957

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and his mother sued the county under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Plaintiff's sister shot her husband and plaintiff, then thirteen-years-old, confessed to the murder. Plaintiff claimed that the county actors coerced a…

Larry Butler v. Betty Williams
Date: March 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20646
USA v. Charles Mitchell
Date: March 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50323
Turner v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.  
Date: March 23, 2012
Docket Number: 09-30558

Justia Opinion Summary: In this employment discrimination case, the EEOC and Thomas D. Turner (collectively, plaintiffs), appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant, dismissing all plaintiffs' claims that the…

Jane Doe, et al v. Covington County Sch Dist, et a
Date: March 23, 2012
Docket Number: 09-60406
Charles Grant v. Kevin Houser, et al
Date: March 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30161
M.D., et al. v. Rick Perry, et al.  
Date: March 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40789

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, nine children in the custody of PMC, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against three Texas officials, in their official capacities, seeking to represent a class of all children who were now, and all those who…

Villas at Parkside Partners, et al. v. City of Farmers Branch, Texas  
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10751

Justia Opinion Summary: The City appealed the district court's summary judgment enjoining it from implementing a purported housing ordinance that required all adults living in rental housing within the City to obtain an occupancy license…

ISystems v. Victor Fu, et al
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10905
Daryl Davis v. Michael McDuffie
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 10-41193
Zoubir Bouchikhi v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60982
Shomari Staten v. City of Carrollton, et al
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10020
Lois Martin v. County of Dallas
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10588
Patrick Smith v. Betty Williams, et al
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20051
Kelvin Wells, et al v. State Atty Gen of Louisiana
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30498
USA v. Damien Woods
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30565
USA v. Ethiel Pearson
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30599
Jonathan Nielsen v. Graphic Packaging Intl, Inc.
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30614
Franks Investment Company, LLC v. Union Pacific Ra
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30632
Frederick Crumbley v. Gregory Dawson, et al
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40357
USA v. Fernando Gomez-Torres
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40436
USA v. Douglas Denmark
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40517
USA v. Daniel Leyja
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40745
USA v. Cruz Muro-Valdez
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40807
Charles Choyce, Jr. v. Adam Velez, et al
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40812
USA v. Marchell Scicutella
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50584
Marco Merino-Fernandez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60010
Audrey Robertson v. Minnie Coleman, et al
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60197
Charles Stringer v. Michael Astrue
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60326
Donald Cave v. CIR
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60390
USA v. Earnest Holder
Date: March 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60471
United States v. Solis  
Date: March 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30390

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride. The Government subsequently appealed the district court's…

USA v. Miguel Alegria-Alvarez
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10357
The American Cancer Society v. Cook  
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10989

Justia Opinion Summary: Karen Cook was appointed receiver over the assets of a number of related corporations and individuals, who the SEC alleged violated multiple federal securities laws. Cook discovered that before the SEC filed its civil…

USA v. Irineo De La Garza
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 10-41255
MC Asset Recovery LLC v. Commerzbank A.G., et al.  
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10070

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose when Mirant, an energy company, sought to expand its European operations by acquiring nine power islands from General Electric. When the power island deal fell through, Mirant made payments pursuant to a…

USA v. Damon Weiss
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10533
James Roland, et al v. Jason Green, et al
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10932
Samuel Troice, et al v. Proskauer Rose, L.L.P., et
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11031
Samuel Troice, et al v. Willis of Colorado Inc., e
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11048
Tracette House v. Interline Brands, Inc.
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20524
Stokes & Spiehler Onshore, Inc v. Robert Ogle
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20777
USA v. Gregory Noble
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40628
USA v. Mateo Mendez-Zuniga
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50337
Jie Zheng v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: March 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60379
James Stern v. Christopher Epps
Date: March 19, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60662
McGowen v. Thaler  
Date: March 19, 2012
Docket Number: 10-70014

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of capital murder in Texas state court and sentenced to death. Petitioner subsequently sought habeas corpus relief from his conviction and death sentence. The court concluded that the jury could…

USA v. Michelle Lee
Date: March 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10116
Roland, et al. v. Green, et al.; Troice, et al. v. Proskauer Rose, LLP, et al.; Troice, et al. v. Willis of Colorado Inc., et al.  
Date: March 19, 2012
Docket Numbers: 11-10932, 11-11031, 11-11048

Justia Opinion Summary: This consolidated appeal arose out of an alleged multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme perpetrated by R. Allen Stanford through his various corporate entities. These three cases dealt with the scope of the preclusion…

Samuel Troice, et al v. Proskauer Rose, L.L.P., et
Date: March 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11031
Samuel Troice, et al v. Willis of Colorado Inc., e
Date: March 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11048
Marsa Hall v. Frank Hoke, et al
Date: March 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20515
USA v. Juan Aguirre-Flores
Date: March 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40548
USA v. Araceli Gonzalez
Date: March 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40811
Marco Cantu, et al v. International Bank of Commer
Date: March 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40975
Andrew Amsel v. Texas Water Development Bd, et al
Date: March 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50255
USA v. Audrenn Starr
Date: March 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50462
Brown v. Sudduth, et al.  
Date: March 16, 2012
Docket Number: 09-60037

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Mississippi state prisoner, appealed from the judgment in favor of defendants in his 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit. Plaintiff alleged that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated (1) by delay in holding a probable…

USA v. Juan Davila-Martinez
Date: March 16, 2012
Docket Number: 10-30807
USA v. Francisco Perdomo
Date: March 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10261
Jose Luna v. Corrections Corp. of America
Date: March 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10483

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