2023 Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

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USA v. Derma-Dominguez
Date: December 29, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50787
USA v. Johnson
Date: December 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10214
Kreb v. Integra Aviation
Date: December 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10758
Boone v. O'Malley
Date: December 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40401
USA v. Garcia-Heredia
Date: December 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50334
Barnett v. Kia Motors America
Date: December 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20614
USA v. Melancon
Date: December 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30701
USA v. Molina-Mendoza
Date: December 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40732
Kimble v. Cooley
Date: December 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30568
Barnett v. Chacon
Date: December 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50640
DOH Oil v. Kahle
Date: December 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50098
USA v. Rodriguez-Campuzano
Date: December 26, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40080
Bourque v. State Farm Mtl Auto Ins  
Date: December 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30126

Justia Opinion Summary: Connie Bourque, a Louisiana resident insured by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., filed a class-action lawsuit, alleging that State Farm breached its insurance contract and violated its duty of good faith and…

USA v. Brumfield  
Date: December 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30238

Justia Opinion Summary: In an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, two defendants, Robert Brumfield and Jeremy Esteves, convicted for their roles in a 2013 armed truck robbery in New Orleans, challenged the…

USA v. Herrera
Date: December 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10652
USA v. Haer
Date: December 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10779
USA v. Dass
Date: December 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20116
USA v. Jefferson  
Date: December 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30690

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Palma L. Jefferson Jr.'s suppression motions and his sentence related to his conviction for various drug trafficking…

Johnson v. LA Dept of Pub Sfty
Date: December 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30723
USA v. Pilcher
Date: December 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10300
USA v. Perez
Date: December 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10482
Castro v. USA
Date: December 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10630
Wallace v. Louisiana State
Date: December 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30687
Bohannan v. Williams
Date: December 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40018
USA v. Salomon
Date: December 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40458
USA v. Schultz  
Date: December 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-11039

Justia Opinion Summary: Between November 2020 and February 2021, Adam Joseph Schultz and his co-conspirators engaged in a scheme to fraudulently obtain vehicles using stolen login credentials from car dealerships. They purchased and paid for…

USA v. Lyon
Date: December 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50360
USA v. Escalante
Date: December 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10118
USA v. Ladino
Date: December 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10411
USA v. Tapia-Zaragoza
Date: December 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10432
USA v. Hamm
Date: December 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10511
USA v. Haberman
Date: December 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10874
Harris v. CHI St. Luke's Health
Date: December 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20102
USA v. Jackson
Date: December 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30382
USA v. Silva-Salazar
Date: December 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40221
Welsh v. Abbott
Date: December 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50492
USA v. Francis
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20577
USA v. Sharp
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20211
Weeks v. Nationwide Mutual Ins
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20294
USA v. Cerdes
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30141
Smith v. Edwards  
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30634

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed as moot the appeal by the Louisiana Governor and other state officials challenging a district court’s preliminary injunction. Originally,…

USA v. Martinez
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50276
USA v. Abrego-Vargas
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50405
Chamber of Com of the USA v. SEC
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60255
McPherson v. Harrison Cty Bd of Educ
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60449
Lewis v. USA  
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 21-30163

Justia Opinion Summary: In this consolidated appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on a decade-long dispute between landowners Garry L.…

Doe v. Snap, Inc.
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20543
Donalson v. McLeaish
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40758
Netflix v. Babin  
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40786

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision to grant a preliminary injunction against a Texas state prosecutor, Lucas Babin, who had initiated criminal charges against…

Colony Insurance Company v. First Mercury Insurance Company  
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-51114

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit considered an appeal by Colony Insurance Company against First Mercury Insurance Company related to a settlement agreement for an underlying…

USA v. Warren
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10154
USA v. Burney
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10442
Price v. Valvoline
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20131
U.S. Alliance Grp v. Cardtronics USA
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30082
Lewis v. USA  
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30387

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decided a case regarding the regulation of two tracts of land in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The landowners, Garry L. Lewis and G. Lewis-Louisiana, L.L.C.…

USA v. Coleman
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30401
Delgado-Victorio v. Garland
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60102
USA v. Rodriguez-Flores
Date: December 18, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60382
Morales-Cardoso v. Garland
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-60818
Sacks v. Texas Southern Univ
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20474
Vote.Org v. Paxton  
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50536

Justia Opinion Summary: A non-profit organization, Vote.org, sued several county election officials in Texas, alleging that a state law requiring an original signature on a voter registration form violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the…

USA v. Collins
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-51042
USA v. Juarez
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-51118
In Re: Naoise Ryan
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10168
Price v. Valvoline  
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20131

Justia Opinion Summary: Craig Price, a Black man, filed a lawsuit against his former employer, Valvoline LLC, alleging that his employment was terminated due to his race and he was subjected to a hostile work environment. Valvoline operated on…

Burke v. Soland
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20236
Sabre Industries v. Module X Solutions
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30122
Gordon v. Greene
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30333
Pruco Life Insurance v. Dwyer
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30513
Hamilton v. City of Lott, TX
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50498
USA v. Rodriguez-Perez
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50535
Illumina v. FTC  
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60167

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2020, Illumina, a for-profit corporation that manufactures and sells next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms, which are crucial tools for DNA sequencing, entered into an agreement to acquire Grail, a company it had…

Utah Retirement Sys v. McCollum
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-20312
Markham v. Variable Annuity Life  
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20540

Justia Opinion Summary: A married couple who owned a small dental practice, D.L. Markham DDS, MSD, Inc., established an employee pension benefit plan for their business. They hired Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC) to maintain the…

Vaughn v. Harris County Hospital Dist
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20659
USA v. Edwards
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40828
Wilson v. Midland County  
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50998

Justia Opinion Summary: In an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Erma Wilson sought to overturn the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas which dismissed her federal civil…

USA v. Sansom
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-51085
USA v. Carroll
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10090
Partners & Friends v. Cottonwood
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10192
USA v. Mitchell
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10371
USA v. Whitfield
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10389
Stewart v. Gruber
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30129
Shree Rama v. Mt. Hawley Ins Co
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40123
Turnage v. Mississippi Power
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60154
USA v. Jackson  
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-10803

Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the appellant, Brian Jackson, challenged the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his guilty plea for attempted interference with commerce by…

USA v. Avila-Gonzalez
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10161
USA v. Sotelo
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10405
Lucero v. Wheels India
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10494
USA v. Gallardo Granados
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10631
McDonald v. Garrido
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10658
Eads v. Spheric Assurance
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20066
Llagas v. Sealift Holdings
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30047
Delta Charter v. Sch Bd Concordia Prsh  
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30063

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves Delta Charter Group, Inc. (Delta), a public charter school operating within Concordia Parish in Louisiana. The case has its roots in a 1965 lawsuit against the Concordia Parish School Board for…

USA v. Suber
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30088
Broussard v. Stabil Drill Specialties
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30383
USA v. Lopez
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40447
USA v. Avalos-Sanchez
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50342
USA v. Damaso-Sixtos
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50344
USA v. Avalos-Sanchez
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50356
Crittendon v. State of Texas
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50411
Herrera v. Univ Hlth exas
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50574
USA v. Pichon
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-10860
USA v. Pena
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40808
USA v. Hutchinson
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10219
USA v. Brown
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10464
USA v. Ivory
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10545
USA v. Marshall
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10677
National Rifle Association v. Bureau of Alcohol
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10707
Epley v. Luong
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40038
USA v. Flores-Romero
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40061
USA v. Morales
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40184
USA v. Lee
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40380
USA v. Garcia-Elias
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40406
USA v. Villanueva
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50092
USA v. Fragoso
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50161
USA v. Gonzales
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50210
USA v. Ortega
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50217
Lutostanski v. Brown  
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50257

Justia Opinion Summary: A group of plaintiffs, who are voters in Travis County, Texas, filed a lawsuit against county officials alleging violations in the conduct of the November 2020 general election. Specifically, they claimed that the…

USA v. Rolando-Padilla
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50306
Moran v. Garland
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60190
Singh v. Garland
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60217
Hernandez-Perez v. Garland
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60312
Pool v. City of Houston  
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20491

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case brought before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the plaintiffs were appealing the wording of a district court's declaratory judgment which held certain voter-registration provisions…

USA v. Pierre  
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20515

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves James Pierre, the sole doctor at a Houston pill mill, who was convicted of multiple federal drug crimes. He was charged with seven counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances…

USA v. Jackson
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30796
USA v. Luna
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-51043
USA v. Hall
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10290
USA v. Martinez-Munoz
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10293
USA v. Wali
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10459
USA v. Onyegbu
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10595
USA v. Coats
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10895
USA v. Taylor
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20272
Jackson v. Bickham
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30337
USA v. Tut-Cucul
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50089
USA v. Hernandez
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50199
USA v. Moreno
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50338
Cortez-Albarron v. Garland
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60328
Badaiki v. Cameron International
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-20628
Badaiki v. Schlumberger Holdings
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20071
Anderson v. Diaz
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20525
Quintanilla-Benitez v. Garland
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60289
USA v. Jones  
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10198

Justia Opinion Summary: Derrick Durrell Jones, a convicted felon, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm and appealed his conviction to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Jones argued that the law under which he was…

USA v. Nguyen
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10468
USA v. Aguillen-Servin
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10613
USA v. Camarena
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50216
USA v. Contreras-Juarez
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50320
USA v. Villarreal
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50324
USA v. Barron-Bautista
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50375
USA v. Ritzler
Date: December 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10481
USA v. Woods
Date: December 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20059
USA v. Walker
Date: December 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30381
Epps v. UTMB at Galveston
Date: December 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40198
Petteway v. Galveston County
Date: December 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40582
Calzada v. Zarate
Date: December 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50361
USA v. Biester-Villeda
Date: December 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50649
USA v. Henderson
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-11100
Tawakkol v. Vasquez  
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50434

Justia Opinion Summary: Sammy Tawakkol sued two Texas state officials, alleging that they violated his right to procedural due process when they notified him that he was required to register as a sex offender under Texas law. The district court…

USA v. Sanchez-Ceja
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10307
USA v. Sanchez
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10312
Lowery v. Gonzales
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10366
USA v. Litts
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10404
USA v. Quibrera-Ruano
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10555
Walls v. Sheriff's Ofc of Caddo Prsh
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30253
USA v. Sumner
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30402
USA v. Valerio-Marquez
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40263
USA v. Fajardo-Perez
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40440
USA v. Quintero-Reyes
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40455
USA v. Tinney
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50252
USA v. Barro-Chaparro
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50442
Macias v. Dept of Family Services
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50540
USA v. Guinn
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60386
USA v. Villarreal  
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 19-40811

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves Rolando Villarreal who pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. His sentence was enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) due to a prior burglary and two prior aggravated…

Nicholson v. Bank of America
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-11064
Doe 1 v. Harris County
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20652
USA v. Cisneros
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40102
USA v. Zelaya-Guerra
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40787
Argueta-Hernandez v. Garland
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60307
USA v. Kilpatrick
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10129
USA v. McDonald
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10153
Casas v. Lickity Split
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10311
USA v. Ping Express US
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10360
Cyrilien v. TDCJ
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20145
Moore v. Tangipahoa Parish Sch Bd
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30328
Galan v. Deepwater Horizon Medical
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30459
USA v. Fields
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50070
Barnes v. Vannoy
Date: December 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30122
Marquette Transportation Company Gulf-Inland, L.L.C. v. Navigation Maritime Bulgare  
Date: December 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30261

Justia Opinion Summary: In a collision between two vessels on the Mississippi River, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that Louisiana law, not general maritime law, governs the burden of proof for the pilot's error.…

Robinson v. Lopinto  
Date: December 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30310

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, a state pretrial detainee, Rashaud L. Robinson, scheduled for a second trial, sought a writ of habeas corpus. Robinson claimed that when a…

USA v. Robinson  
Date: December 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30442

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the defendant, Sterling Robinson, was convicted by a jury on one count of possessing a firearm or ammunition as a convicted felon and one count of attempted obstruction of a federal proceeding. He appealed…

USA v. Turner
Date: December 4, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10587
USA v. Alvarado
Date: December 4, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10673
Thompson v. City of Weatherford
Date: December 4, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10767
USA v. Croft, No. 21-50380 (5th Cir. 2023)  
Date: December 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-50380

Justia Opinion Summary: The case at hand involves Bradley Lane Croft, who owned and operated Universal K-9, a school primarily training handlers and dogs for police work. Seeking to expand his business, he applied for certification from the…

USA v. Croft
Date: December 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50659
Lee v. D.R. Horton
Date: December 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30416
USA v. Abbott, No. 23-50632 (5th Cir. 2023)  
Date: December 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50632

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2023, the State of Texas, under the direction of Governor Greg Abbott, installed a floating barrier in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas. The United States government filed a civil enforcement action against…

USA v. Forbito
Date: November 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-11026
Perkins v. Hart
Date: November 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30456
USA v. Thomas
Date: November 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30637
Zhou v. Garland
Date: November 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60641
Nguyen v. AT&T
Date: November 30, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10277
USA v. Ramos
Date: November 30, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10450
Toson v. Taylor
Date: November 30, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10793
Lowe v. Gordon
Date: November 30, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50383
Zavala-Banegas v. Garland
Date: November 30, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60260
USA v. Tapp
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30607
Sligh v. City of Conroe  
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40518

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was bitten and injured by a police dog after Plaintiff’s partner called 911 to report that Plaintiff was suicidal, had hurt herself, and had left her house on foot. In the operative third amended complaint,…

SEC v. Milles
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50736
USA v. Caldwell
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10295
USA v. Caldwell
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10296
USA v. Perez-Lainez
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10581
Friemel v. Randall County Sheriff
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10861
USA v. Seneca
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30075
USA v. Holder
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30278
Brown v. City of Anna
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40214
Perez v. Livingston
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40219
USA v. Ibarra-Arzate
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50477
Mushtaq v. Garland
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60313
USA v. Matthews
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10193
USA v. Salazar-Grimaldo
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10398
USA v. Chacon-Gonzalez
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10531
USA v. Murta
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20276
USA v. Yeager
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30213
Levens v. Gaspard
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30236
USA v. Ball
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40286
Petteway v. Galveston County
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40582
USA v. Vasquez
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50141
Mosivais-Avalos v. Garland
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60185
MacTaggart v. CIR
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60326
USA v. Hungerford
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-30359
Taylor v. Collier
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20398
Johnson v. Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P.  
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30302

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed this action as unleased mineral owners whose interests are situated within forced drilling units formed by the Louisiana Office of Conservation and operated by Chesapeake. Plaintiffs have not made…

USA v. Kim
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50827
USA v. Lujan
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10145
Barnes v. Walters
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10255
Bledsoe v. Willis
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30238
USA v. Hall
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50082
USA v. Nimaja-Pol
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50245
USA v. Rangel Hernandez
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50251
Centeno-Santiago v. Garland
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60187
Suazo Soler v. Garland
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60229
USA v. Rios-Rubio
Date: November 24, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10487
USA v. Rodriguez-Porro
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 20-50093
USA v. Gonzalez-Hernandez
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40816
Calumet Shreveport Refining v. EPA
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60266
Wynnewood Refining v. EPA
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60357
Wynnewood Refining v. EPA
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60424
Wynnewood Refining Company, L.L.C. v. EPA
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60425
Ergon Refining, Incorporated v. EPA
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60433
Placid Refining Company, L.L.C. v. EPA  
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60434

Justia Opinion Summary: Six small refineries1 (“petitioners”) challenge the EPA’s decision to deny their requested exemptions from their obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) program of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”). The EPA denied…

USA v. Leal
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40119
USA v. Martinez
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50229
USA v. Paiva
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50239
Gilliard v. Groesbeck Police Dept
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50457
USA v. Newton
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20375
Zavala v. Harris County
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20611
Bailey v. Iles  
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30509

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, alleging violations of his First and Fourth Amendment rights when he was arrested as a terrorist for a post on Facebook. The district court granted Detective Randall…

Sligh v. City of Conroe
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40518
USA v. Jones
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10198
USA v. Wokaly
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10373
Meeks v. DeBouse
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10574
Hicks v. Ivy
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40311
In Re: Volkswagen AG
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40487
Johns Manville v. NLRB
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60075
Chambers v. Kijakazi  
Date: November 20, 2023
Docket Number: 20-10918

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed suit against multiple private entities and government officials, including, as relevant to the instant appeal, the Social Security Commissioner, a Social Security claims…

Ndungmbowo v. Garland
Date: November 20, 2023
Docket Number: 21-60213
Women's Elevated v. City of Plano  
Date: November 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40637

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are Constance Swanston (“Swanston”), Shannon Jones (“Jones”), and Women’s Elevated Sober Living, LLC (“WESL”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”). Swanston is an individual in recovery from substance use disorders…

USA v. Garcia Briseno
Date: November 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10548
USA v. Michael Stratton
Date: November 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10632
USA v. Gutierrez
Date: November 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40045
USA v. Mancilla
Date: November 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50248
Sanchez v. Griffis
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 21-51160
North Atlantic Security v. Blache
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30703
Argueta v. Jaradi
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40781
USA v. Diaz-Resendiz
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10428
USA v. Jones
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10523
USA v. Perez-Ramirez
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20121
Hamid v. State of Michigan
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20243
USA v. Kersee
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20381
Caceres v. Preload
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30354
USA v. Covarrubias-Martinez
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40368
Hudnall v. Smith
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50143
Nelson v. TX Dept of Trans
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50328
USA v. Pascual-Juan
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50351
Sechler v. U.S. Bank NA
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60103
Morningstar v. American Intl Grp
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60222
Torrey v. Infectious Diseases Socty  
Date: November 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40728

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are people who claim to suffer from chronic Lyme disease. A person contracts Lyme disease from ticks carrying the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. In 2006, IDSA published The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and…

James v. Hegar  
Date: November 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50828

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are three Texas residents whose assets escheated to the State under Texas’s Unclaimed Property Act. Plaintiffs brought a class action lawsuit against the Texas Comptroller and a director in the Comptroller’s…

Lartigue v. Northside Indep  
Date: November 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50854

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant sued the Northside Independent School District, arguing that the District failed to properly accommodate her hearing impairment as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The district court granted…

USA v. McAbee
Date: November 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60565
McNeal v. City of Katy
Date: November 16, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20054
USA v. Sanchez Rodriguez
Date: November 16, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50395
Hernandez-Ramos v. Garland
Date: November 16, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60188
Weeks v. Collier
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-10126
USA v. Kay
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-11011
USA v. Sanches  
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-11178

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant contested her convictions for transferring a firearm to a prohibited person and for making false statements while purchasing a firearm, as well as the sentence imposed on her resulting from these convictions.…

Smith-Jordan v. RPM Pizza
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30750
Soudelier v. Ofc of the Secy of State
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30809
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50809
Trevino v. Price
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-51032
USA v. Filippo
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10514
USA v. Garza-Morin
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10559
Elmen Holdings v. Martin Marietta  
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20023

Justia Opinion Summary: The original leaseholder transferred its interest to Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (“Martin Marietta”), in 2014, and Elmen Holdings, L.L.C. (“Elmen”), acquired title to the underlying land in 2018. Elmen contends that…

Watson v. Fiesta Mart
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20081
Banks v. Craddock
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30143
Johnson v. Iberia Medical Center
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30159
Fountain v. Thomas
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40171
Zapata v. Hays Cty Juv Detention
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50191
USA v. Alvarez-Meza
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50522
USA v. Bell
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-51062
USA v. McTague
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-10886
USA v. Williams
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-10946
USA v. Smith
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30172
USA v. Cortez-Rodriguez
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50798
USA v. Cortez-Rodriguez
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50801
Tesla v. NLRB  
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60493

Justia Opinion Summary: Tesla requires its employees to wear uniforms to minimize damage to vehicles throughout the production process. When employees wore union t-shirts instead, Tesla informed them they were violating the uniform policy and…

Port Arthur Cmty Actn Netwk v. TCEQ  
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60556

Justia Opinion Summary: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) declined to impose certain emissions limits on a new natural gas facility that it had recently imposed on another such facility. In doing so, it contravened its…

USA v. Sims
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10369
State of Louisiana v. Haaland  
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30666

Justia Opinion Summary: The Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) requires the federal government to hold a specific oil-and-gas lease sale (“Lease Sale 261”), covering territory in the northwest and north-central Gulf of Mexico, by September 30,…

USA v. Quezada-Lopez
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40270
Torres v. Foust
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40413
USA v. Angulo-Chora
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50059
USA v. Angulo-Chora
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50063
USA v. Brown
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60107
Morningstar v. Amazon.com
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60367
Renteria v. Lumpkin
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-70007
USA v. Alatan
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20464
Horton v. Allstate Veh and Prop
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20533
Boudreaux v. LA State Bar Assoc  
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30564

Justia Opinion Summary: The LSBA is a mandatory bar association. Attorneys are required to join and pay fees to the organization as a condition of practicing law in the state. Plaintiff has been a member in good standing of the LSBA since 1996.…

USA v. Grigsby  
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30764

Justia Opinion Summary: Cajun Industries LLC (“Cajun”) claimed tax credits for the 2013 tax year pursuant to § 41 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. Section 41. First, the Code provision at issue in this case, Section 41 offers a tax…

USA v. Putnam
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-51061
Boyd v. Thomas
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60485
USA v. Thomas
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10203
USA v. Bell
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10628
USA v. Ibarra-Carranza
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20009
Howard v. City of Shreveport
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30590
Ruiz-Ramirez v. El Chalala
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40055
USA v. Bell
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50168
Robinson v. Ardoin  
Date: November 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30333

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs challenge the Louisiana Legislature’s 2022 redistricting map for electing the state’s six members of the United States House of Representatives. The district court preliminarily enjoined use of that map for…

USA v. Duberek
Date: November 10, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10071
Rojas-Meliton v. Lumpkin
Date: November 10, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20308
USA v. Escorcia-Martinez
Date: November 10, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40049
USA v. Sanders
Date: November 10, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40242
Petteway v. Galveston County  
Date: November 10, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40582

Justia Opinion Summary: The Galveston County Commissioners Court is composed of four county commissioners, elected from single-member precincts, and one county judge, elected by the entire county. From 1991 to 2021, one of the four commissioner…

Levy v. UNUM Group
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20660
Gonzales v. Reilley
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40195
Golden v. City of Longview
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40785
Doe AW v. Burleson County, TX  
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50918

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Jane Doe AW, a former criminal clerk in the Burleson County Attorney’s Office, alleged that Burleson County Judge Mike Sutherland used his power and authority as a county judge to sexually assault her on…

USA v. Villarreal-Flores
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10372
VanDerStok v. Garland  
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10718

Justia Opinion Summary: In April of 2022,the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,and Explosives (“ATF”)issued a Final Rule in which the terms “firearm” and “frame or receiver,” among others, were given “an updated, more…

USA v. Pennington
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30038
USA v. Ordonez
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50265
USA v. Daniels
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50423
Walker v. Kijakazi
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60116
USA v. Strother
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-40592
Valladares-Ardon v. Garland
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60366
Parks v. AIG
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40044
Finchum v. Nacogdoches County
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40078
USA v. Vasquez
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-10766
USA v. EtchisonBrown
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-10892
Kim v. American Honda Motor  
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-40790

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs were injured in an auto accident and brought product liability claims against the vehicle’s manufacturer. In the course of litigation, the manufacturer moved to exclude Plaintiffs’ two liability experts, moved…

USA v. Herrera
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50119
USA v. Alas-Ayala
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-51060
USA v. Kelley
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10093
Seybold v. Charter Communications
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10104
USA v. Arellano
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10106
USA v. Arellano
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10107
USA v. Suazo-Euceda
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20002
English v. Cage
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20047
USA v. Perez
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20067
USA v. Ferreyro
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50221
County of Yazoo v. Prewitt
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60073
Matute-Munguia v. Garland
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60254
USA v. Wilson
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50857
USA v. O'Neill
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50996
Chiwanga v. Garland
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-60573
USA v. Guzman
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10122
USA v. Mena
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10144
Zinnah v. Lubbock State
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10242
USA v. Skinner
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10377
Gipson v. Weatherford College
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10397
Payne v. Payne
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10570
USA v. Jones
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30083
USA v. Weeks
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30092
USA v. Trevino
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40233
USA v. Molina
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50233
Tribal Solutions Grp v. Valandra
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60233
USA v. Little
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-11225
USA v. Gibbs
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-11228
USA v. Salguero-Tziboy
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-51110
USA v. Ochoa-Perez
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10460
USA v. TaQue
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10467
USA v. Segura
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20027
Castanedo Escalon v. Trafigura Trdg
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20191
USA v. Johnson
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30172
Exclusive Real Est Invest v. S.G.L.
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30195
USA v. Lister
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40261
Reitz v. Woods  
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-11100

Justia Opinion Summary: Using a blocked number, an anonymous individual twice called 9-1-1 in Abilene, Texas, relaying a serious threat of gun violence against officers and an alleged hostage while providing his location. Abilene Police…

Campbell v. Garland
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-11067
Mitchell v. Goings
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30759
USA v. Elizondo-Martinez
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10013
USA v. Jesus Elizondo-Martinez
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10015
USA v. Gil
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10190
USA v. Loredo
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10490
USA v. Delafuente
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10646
Williams v. Collier
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20319
Vo v. Entergy Company
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30615
Eller v. Cole
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50018
USA v. Ornelas
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50412
USA v. Kerr
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50949
USA v. Gonzalez
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10174
USA v. Ramirez
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10236
USA v. Steele
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10675
Pipkins v. Grand Prairie Plce Dept
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10721
USA v. Chappell
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30100
USA v. Collins
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30165
Martin v. Live Oak
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40254
USA v. Baten-Sarat
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50335
USA v. Baten-Sarat
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50347
USA v. Baker
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60010
Almaraz-Gomez v. Garland
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60244
Terry v. Hooper  
Date: October 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-30638

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2010, Petitioner was convicted of three counts of juvenile molestation in violation of La. Rev. Stat. Section 14:81.2. Petitioner appealed of the denial of his Section 2254 petition challenging those convictions and…

Antero Resources v. Kawcak  
Date: October 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-10918

Justia Opinion Summary: Antero Resources, Corp., an oil and gas production company, sued a former employee (“Appellant”)  for breach of fiduciary duty, alleging that Appellant abused his position of operations supervisor to award service…

USA v. Aguilar
Date: October 31, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10590
USA v. Johnson
Date: October 31, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10626
USA v. Moreno
Date: October 31, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50034
USA v. Eruotor
Date: October 31, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50099
USA v. Ramirez-Gomez
Date: October 31, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50455
In Re: TikTok, Inc.  
Date: October 31, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50575

Justia Opinion Summary: A writ of mandamus is reserved for extraordinary circumstances. TikTok, Incorporated, and various related entities contend that the district court’s denial of their motion to transfer to the Northern District of…

Olivo Saucedo v. Garland
Date: October 31, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60098
Chamber of Com of the USA v. SEC  
Date: October 31, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60255

Justia Opinion Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a rule requiring issuers to report day-to-day share repurchase data once a quarter and to disclose the reason why the issuer repurchased shares of its own stock.…

USA v. Palacios Caicedo
Date: October 30, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40225
Texas Aromatics v. Intercontinental Terminals
Date: October 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20456
Anytime Fitness v. Thornhill Brothers  
Date: October 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30757

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellee attempted to use an “inversion table” located at an Anytime Fitness franchise. The equipment allegedly failed, and Appellee suffered neuromuscular injuries. Appellee filed a personal injury suit in Louisiana…

USA v. Abbott  
Date: October 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50212

Justia Opinion Summary: In July 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order that prohibited private individuals from providing ground transportation to migrants who were previously detained or subject to expulsion. The United…

USA v. Thomas
Date: October 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10243
USA v. Sanchez-Resendez
Date: October 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10462
USA v. Fulwiler
Date: October 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30152
USA v. Skinner
Date: October 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60364
USA v. Johnson  
Date: October 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30421

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with conspiracy to obstruct commerce by robbery, obstruction of commerce by robbery, and using, carrying, brandishing, and discharging firearms during and in relation to a crime of violence, causing…

USA v. Sanders
Date: October 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50096
USA v. Diaz
Date: October 26, 2023
Docket Number: 23-10197
USA v. Picazo-Torres
Date: October 26, 2023
Docket Number: 23-20146
USA v. Cardenas
Date: October 26, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50104
USA v. Hernandez
Date: October 26, 2023
Docket Number: 23-50205
USA v. Orey
Date: October 26, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60142
Chisom v. State of Louisiana  
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30320

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant State of Louisiana, ex rel. Jeff Landry (“the State”) sought to dissolve a consent decree that pertains to the method of selecting justices for the Louisiana Supreme Court. The State attempted to dissolve the…

Davis v. Caddo
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30108
USA v. Tyler
Date: October 24, 2023
Docket Number: 20-51011
USA v. Madrid-Paz
Date: October 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20397
Katz v. Wormuth
Date: October 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30756
ATU v. New Orleans Regional Transit
Date: October 24, 2023
Docket Number: 23-30113
Garcia v. Lumpkin
Date: October 24, 2023
Docket Number: 23-40028
Love v. Univ of Saint Thomas
Date: October 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20498
Moskovits v. Mercedes-Benz Financial
Date: October 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-20522
Galbraith v. Hooper  
Date: October 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30159

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Louisiana prisoner, sued the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole (“Parole Board”), seeking to have his parole reinstated on the grounds that its rescission just prior to its effective date violated his due…

National Press v. McCraw  
Date: October 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-50337

Justia Opinion Summary: Chapter 423 of the Texas Government Code governs the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles—drones—in Texas airspace. In this case, Plaintiffs claimed a sweeping First Amendment right to use unmanned aerial drones to film…

Carcamo-Campos v. Garland
Date: October 23, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60050
USA v. Williams
Date: October 23, 2023
Docket Number: 23-60211
Street v. BP Expl & Prod  
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30393

Justia Opinion Summary: These consolidated cases continue the Fifth Circuit’s saga of Deepwater Horizon. Plaintiffs argue the district court judge abused his discretion by failing to disqualify himself at their request. The Street Plaintiffs do…

Macon v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30394
Murray v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30395
Johnson v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30396
Johns v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30397
Bunch v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30496
Ash v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30499
May v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30500
Stennis v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30501
Booker v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30502
Webb v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30503
Hall v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30504
Minor v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30505
Summers v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30506
Brewer v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30508
Bell v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30512
Williams v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30513
Magee v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30514
Darrington v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30515
Carpenter v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30516
Lundy v. BP Expl & Prod  
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30517

Justia Opinion Summary: Before Plaintiffs’ cases were distributed to the district court, these cases were part of MDL 2179, the multi-district litigation proceeding before United States District Court Judge Carl J. Barbier in the Eastern…

Taylor v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30518
Causey v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30519
Nelson v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30520
Burns v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30521
Coleman v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30522
Guess v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30523
Williams v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30524
Rawls v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30525
Black v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30528
Garlow v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30529
Brister v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30532
Barnes v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30535
Frazier v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30536
Gonzalez v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30542
Jackson v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30592
Hockaday v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30593
Summerall v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30596
Williams v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30599
Est of Tyrone Smith v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-30604

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