2021 Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 501 - 1000 of 2918

USA v. Silvestre-Gregorio
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50304
USA v. Bevill
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 18-10708
Meza Benitez v. Garland
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-60819
Harmon, et al v. City of Arlington, et al
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10830
Frego v. Settlement Class Counsel  
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30596

Justia Opinion Summary: After a class of homeowners settled their claims against a Chinese company for manufacturing and selling toxic drywall, the settlement agreement divided the settlement class into three groups based on when a plaintiff…

USA v. Arreola-Mendoza
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40068
USA v. Martinez
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50984
Jaco v. Garland  
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60081

Justia Opinion Summary: Jaco left Honduras fleeing domestic violence. She and her child entered the U.S. in 2016. Although her former partner has not contacted her since she entered the U.S., her mother and a neighbor reported that he is trying…

Zheng v. Garland
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60183
Murphy v. Dalton
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10589
Sanchez v. Marathon Oil Company
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20223
Harmon v. City of Arlington  
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10830

Justia Opinion Summary: After an officer fatally shot O'Shea Terry, who was trying to drive his SUV away while the officer stood on the vehicle's running board, Terry's estate and Terrance Harmon, a passenger in the car, sued the officer under…

USA v. Carviel
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11238
Oliver, et al v. Champion, et al
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20438
USA v. Rodriguez-Ramirez
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20596
Mandawala v. NE Baptist Hospital  
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50981

Justia Opinion Summary: Mandawala attended a medical sonography program at Baptist School. After failing to graduate, Mandawala sued, alleging that he failed because the school did not staff its clinics adequately. He later added claims under…

Sierra-Alvarado v. Garland
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60365
USA v. Large
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10344
USA v. Arias-Avila
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20227
USA v. Castro-Rios
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40274
USA v. Groys
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40338
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50096
United States v. Adair  
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50218

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for possessing a firearm after a felony conviction. The court concluded that defendant's Texas robbery conviction qualifies as a crime of violence under USSG 4B1.2(a)(2),…

USA v. Diaz-Quintana
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50558
USA v. Diaz-Quintana
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50568
Wheeler v. MS State Parole Board
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60386
Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C. v. United States Food and Drug Administration  
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60766

Justia Opinion Summary: The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, implemented through the FDA, 21 U.S.C. 387a(b), 393(d)(2), prohibits manufacturers from selling any “new tobacco product” without authorization. The FDA’s…

Stanton-Black v. Garland
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60782
Ghedi v. Mayorkas  
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10995

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's complaint against various federal officials in their official capacities, in an action alleging Fourth and Fifth Amendment claims, as well as…

USA v. Abujaber
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11213
Hotze v. Hudspeth  
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20574

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit concluded that plaintiffs' request to enjoin Harris County's administration of drive-thru voting in the November 2020 election is moot. The court explained that, since plaintiffs' appeal, the November…

Kellum v. State of TX, et al
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40560
USA v. Olgin
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50042
Lockhart v. Repub Srv, et al
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50474
Medrano Gonzalez v. Garland
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60411
USA v. Hanzik
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-61221
USA v. Landeta
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10186
USA v. Flores
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10568
USA v. Juan Gonzalez-Melgar
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40340
Virden v. City of Austin
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50597
United States v. Beard  
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20116

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress drugs found in a package he mailed via the United States Postal Service from Houston, Texas, to Hammond, Louisiana. Defendant…

D.H.H. v. Kirbyville Consolidated
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40315
Awanayah v. Garland
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60291
Perry v. Garland
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60621
USA v. Savarino
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20133
USA v. Brown
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30143
Dandridge v. St. Germain
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30275
Funky 544 v. Houston Specialty Ins
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30310
USA v. Torres-Reyes
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40278
Harm v. Lake-Harm  
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30488

Justia Opinion Summary: Harm is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, currently residing in Ireland. Lake-Harm is a U.S. citizen, currently living in New Orleans. The couple was married in the U.S.; their daughter, SLH, was…

Palacio v. Caraway, et al
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50403
Ailon-Mendosa v. Garland
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-61033
Irwin v. Santiago
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10020
USA v. Taylor
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10124
USA v. Coreno-Garay
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10149
USA v. Flores
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10177
USA v. Flores
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10179
USA v. Levingston
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10181
USA v. Gonzales
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10313
USA v. Liao
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10353
USA v. Gonzales
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10965
USA v. Joaquin-Lopez
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40262
USA v. McCall
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50201
USA v. Mendoza-Villegas
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11254
Doe, et al v. Brg City Indep Sch Dist
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40596
USA v. Espinosa
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50787
United States v. Martinez  
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50984

Justia Opinion Summary: Martinez pleaded guilty to drug and gun crimes. He filed a notice of appeal. His attorney later filed an “Anders” motion to withdraw. Martinez did not object to his attorney’s view that an appeal would be frivolous.…

Banos-Megar v. Garland
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60543
Mejia Del Cid v. Garland
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60917
Covington Spclt Ins v. USAI
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10010
USA v. Allen
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10466
Donaldson v. Sam's East
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30189
USA v. Prince
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40135
USA v. Mustafat-Gonzalez
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40315
USA v. Rodriguez-Ruiz
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50095
USA v. Laurian-Matuz
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50319
USA v. Proctor
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60318
Moore v. BP Expl & Prodn
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30673
Dumoulin v. BP Expl & Prodn
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30675
Jones v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30729
USA v. Garza-Gonzalez
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40115
MTGLQ Investors v. Walden, et al
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50944
Talasek v. National Oilwell Varco, LP  
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20069

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the denial of insurance benefits in an action brought by plaintiff, seeking benefits in the amount of $300,000 following her husband's death. The court concluded that plaintiff's estoppel claim…

Terkel v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40137

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit granted appellants' voluntary motion to dismiss this appeal involving the CDC's nationwide eviction moratorium under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b). The eviction moratorium prevented…

USA v. Tapia-Rojas
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50062
Assadi v. Osherow
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50293
USA v. Argueta-Urbina
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50369
USA v. Ellis
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60222
USA v. Whitmore
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60469
Naquin v. Medtronic
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30793
Rosales-Santos v. Garland
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60189
Esquivel-Virula v. Garland
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60339
USA v. Ortiz
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10120
USA v. Lopez-Rodriguez
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50235
USA v. Rutledge
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60117
Ingram v. Lumpkin, et al
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11322
USA v. Cockerham
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-51037
USA v. Erwin
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10795
Butler v. Denka Performance Elastomer, LLC  
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30365

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that neoprene production from the Pontchartrain Works Facility (PWF) exposed residents of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, to unsafe levels of chloroprene. Plaintiff filed suit…

Crain v. Mancuso, et al
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30777
Complete Oil Field Srv v. Unitd Frac Sand
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50952
Espino-Martinez v. Garland
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60094
Camejo Gonzalez v. Garland
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60250
USA v. Wooten
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20068
USA v. Rodriguez-Garcia
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50382
USA v. Rodriguez-Garcia
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50384
USA v. Rodriguez-Garcia
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50398
English v. Aramark, et al
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-20412
USA v. Herrera
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10105
USA v. Manjarrez-Guadarrama
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10297
USA v. Erwin
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10795
USA v. Taylor
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10193
USA v. Merchant
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10316
USA v. Covington
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10417
USA v. Herrera-Valenzuela
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40150
USA v. Zaragoza-Infante
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40245
USA v. Alvarado
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40348
USA v. Collins
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40363
USA v. Lara-Hidalgo
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50051
USA v. State of Texas
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50949
Barry v. Lowe's Home Centers
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10455
Hawkins v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development  
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20281

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, tenants living in substandard conditions in a "Section 8" housing project, filed suit seeking to compel HUD to provide relocation assistance vouchers. The Fifth Circuit held that, because 24 C.F.R. 886.323(e)…

Butler v. Lumpkin
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40151
Cobb, et al v. James Constr Grp
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40342
Lampkin v. Lumpkin
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40345
USA v. Escobar
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40598
Butler v. Lumpkin
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40631
Alvarenga-Reyes v. Garland
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60125
Da Costa v. Garland
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60233
USA v. Simon
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30057
USA v. Pineda-Vasquez
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40080
USA v. Cruz-Desantiago
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40095
USA v. Ramirez-Hidrogo
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50217
USA v. Martinez-Ceballos
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50257
USA v. Martinez-Garcia
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50265
USA v. Schindler
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60111
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Blackburn  
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30464

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Blackburn founded Treaty an oil and gas company whose shares were traded over the counter as “penny stocks.” Blackburn received around 400 million shares, giving him an 86.4% interest in Treaty. Though…

Johnson v. Russ
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30497
Williams v. Reilley, et al
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40310
USA v. Coalwell
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50869
Diaz Pacheco v. Garland
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60324
USA v. Lewis
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10007
USA v. Medrano
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20254
USA v. Smith
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50130
USA v. Smith
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50156
USA v. Murillo-Uvas
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50390
USA v. Murillo-Uvas
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50392
Sallah Lembou v. Garland
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60326
Bruno v. Ford
Date: October 11, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20204
USA v. Pontefract
Date: October 11, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30032
USA v. State of Texas
Date: October 9, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50949
Plnd Prnthd SE, et al v. Snyder
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 16-60773
Blessett v. TX Off Atty Gen
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40135
USA v. Ybarra
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50371
Cat and Dogma v. Target
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50674
USA v. Lothringer
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50823
Gutierrez v. Garland
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-61185
Coomer v. Roth
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10182
USA v. Zavala-Maravilla
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40132
USA v. State of Texas
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50949
USA v. El Hage
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10409
Thomas v. Grundfos, et al
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20505
USA v. Ibarra
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10444
Sowell v. Richardson
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20136
USA v. Hall
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50150
USA v. Guzman
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10783
Ornelas v. Hamilton
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-50681
Anton v. US Bank Trust Ntl Assn
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11159
USA, et al v. Espinoza
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40853
United States v. Gardner  
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50481

Justia Opinion Summary: Gardner was indicted for possession with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. He retained counsel (Bailey) and pleaded guilty without a plea agreement. Three…

USA v. Foy
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50761
USA v. Rivera
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50789
Orellana-Martinez v. Garland
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60598
USA v. Porter
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10192
USA v. Shelton
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40040
USA v. Castillo-Ruelas
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50026
USA v. Hidalgo
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60208
Walker v. State of Mississippi
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60442
Lefebure v. D'aquila
Date: October 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-30702
Priscilla Lefebure v. Samuel D'aquila
Date: October 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-30989
Muradi v. Garland
Date: October 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-60055
Ellis v. Wilson
Date: October 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10403
Martinez v. Standard Insurance Company
Date: October 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10475
USA v. Valencia
Date: October 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50450
Gordon v. Lee, et al
Date: October 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60006
USA v. Sandoval-Reyes
Date: October 5, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10145
USA v. Acevedo
Date: October 5, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40122
USA v. Jimenez-Ramos
Date: October 5, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40352
Berlanga v. Easterling, et al
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-20801
Goldring v. United States  
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30723

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the government in this tax refund action arising under the Internal Revenue Code. Taxpayers overpaid…

Watkins v. Carter, et al
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40234
Van Tiem v. First Amer Title, et al
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40707
Florence v. Gibbs
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10060
USA v. Daniels
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50024
USA v. Atkinson
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50236
USA v. Villa
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50280
John Buchanan v. Coronda Harris
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20408
USA v. Young
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30492
Neptune Shipmanagement Services PTE, Ltd. v. Dahiya  
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30776

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's conclusion confirming an Indian arbitration award and enjoined further litigation. In this case, after defendant secured an arbitral award for his maritime injuries, he…

Meeks v. Nash
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40252
Hines v. Marshall
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40444
Diop v. Garland
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60678
USA v. Smith
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10092
Butler v. Anderson
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20143
USA v. Bernardez-Palacio
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50243
Adams v. All Coast
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 19-30907
Cano-Meza v. Garland
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 19-60910
USA v. Johnson
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20427
USA v. Johnson
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20452
USA v. Robert
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-61084
USA v. Mendez
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10128
USA v. Frost
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10216
USA v. Hernandez-Cuellar
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40051
USA v. De Leon-Hernandez
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40114
USA v. Baylon-Carrillo
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50115
USA v. Bailon-Carrillo
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50116
Lopez v. Bergami
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50214
Johnson v. BOKF National Ass'n  
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 18-11375

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's putative class action against the Bank for failure to state a claim because extended overdraft charges were not "interest" under the National Bank…

Spicer v. Cain
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 18-60791
Dao v. Upton, et al
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11130
USA v. Poff
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20490
Schwarzer v. Shanklin, et al
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40083
USA v. Juarez
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40877
USA v. Rockhold
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50595
USA v. Powell
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20060
Davis v. McConnell
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30091
USA v. Rangel-Reyes
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40246
USA v. Penilla-Cervantes
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40254
Webster v. Kijakazi
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50455
Herbert v. CitiMortgage
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60079
USA v. Beck
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60296
USA v. Elizalde-Abelardo
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11321
Hunter v. Pitre, et al
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10762
USA v. Diggs
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11138
USA v. Miears
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11187
Portwood v. Schneider & McKinney, et al
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11231
Gillette v. Jackson
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60341
Torres-De Cabrera v. Garland
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60750
USA v. Garrett
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10009
USA v. Batten
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10307
Reed v. McDonough
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10380
Logan v. Morris Jeff Community Sch
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30258
USA v. Gonzalez-Rodriguez
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40197
USA v. Aleman
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50035
USA v. Rea
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50064
Kendricks v. Nissan
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60148
Rodriguez v. Garland  
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60008

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit granted a petition for review of the BIA's decision dismissing petitioner's appeal challenging the IJ's denial of his motion to reopen removal proceedings and rescinding his in absentia removal order.…

USA v. Garcia
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20222
USA v. Acevedo-Rodriguez
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40045
USA v. Villegas
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40160
Rhoades v. Martinez
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 21-70007
Abushagif v. Garland  
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-60807

Justia Opinion Summary: Abushagif, a Libyan national admitted to the U.S. as a non-immigrant student, was placed in removal proceedings in 2010. Libya became engulfed in a civil war, with Muammar Qadhafi leading the country. Abushagif applied…

Maradiaga-Vardalez v. Garland
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-60867
USA v. Spear
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10857
Jung v. Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co.  
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-30140, 20-30175

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the insurer in an insurance coverage dispute regarding flood damage to the property at issue. The insureds interpreted the flood…

Jung, et al v. Starr Surplus Lines Insurance, et a
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30175
USA v. Ward
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50765
Inuwa v. Garland
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60283
Rowaid v. Garland
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60525
USA v. Garrett
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-61083
Goodno v. Endurance American
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30071
Kennedy v. Braskem America
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30198
USA v. Felipe-Reyes
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40271
USA v. Portillo-Duarte
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50125
USA v. Portillo-Duarte
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50129
Carroll v. Cornish
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50395
USA v. Portillo-Garcia
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40722
Smith v. Lumpkin, et al
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50261
Juarez-Ortiz v. Garland
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60211
USA v. Jones
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60962
USA v. Rankin
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-61152
USA v. Cox
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10258
USA v. Galvez
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40189
USA v. Reyes-Hernandez
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40193
USA v. Sandoval-Mendoza
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40267
USA v. Lara-Zavala
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50259
USA v. Turner
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60152
P. v. Blue Cross
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30361
Garcia-Flores v. Garland
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60127
USA v. Dhingra
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20032
USA v. Jackson
Date: September 21, 2021
Docket Number: 19-30814
Kokesh v. Curlee  
Date: September 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30356

Justia Opinion Summary: Louisiana Trooper Curlee observed a handicap-plated truck after nightfall stopped on the road's shoulder, high atop the Pontchartrain Expressway. Curlee stopped to investigate, saw men spray painting the overpass wall,…

USA v. Smith
Date: September 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30095
USA v. Alexander-Juarez
Date: September 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40125
Martin Resrc Manage v. Fed Ins
Date: September 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40571
USA v. Oneal
Date: September 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50494
USA v. Franks
Date: September 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40050
USA v. Arroyo
Date: September 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50065
Allen v. Louisiana  
Date: September 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30734

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit held that the Chisom decree, which created Louisiana's one majority-black supreme court district, does not govern the other six districts. Therefore, the district court properly denied Louisiana's…

Luminant Mining Co., LLC v. PakeyBey  
Date: September 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40803

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Luminant in a trespass-to-try-title action against defendants. The court concluded that Luminant demonstrated, by uncontested…

Jones v. TX Dept of Child Protc Srv
Date: September 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50410
Orrashid v. Garland
Date: September 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60420
Mpesse v. Garland
Date: September 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-61207
USA v. Garcia
Date: September 17, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10546
USA v. Sanchez
Date: September 17, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50133
USA v. Hidrogo
Date: September 17, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50203
USA v. Hidrogo-Marin
Date: September 17, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50209
Clavel-Avelar v. Garland
Date: September 17, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60563
United States v. Muhammad  
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 15-60300

Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant was convicted of violating both the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Analogue Enforcement Act, the district court sentenced him to 120 years in prison. On appeal, the parties agree that the…

USA v. Castillo
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10649
USA v. Goosby
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10712
USA v. Guevara-Bonilla
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10821
USA v. Russell
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11220
USA v. Hoyos
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11224
USA v. Lopez-Campos
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11241
USA v. Wright-Nasalski
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11265
USA v. Tarin-Valerio
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11290
Sivanathanan v. Garland
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-60935
USA v. Cantrell
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10026
USA v. Ramos-Quezada
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10037
USA v. Zamudio
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10237
United States v. Johnson  
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11046

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence, issued by the district court on remand, after he pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base. The court concluded that the district court's…

Ghanem v. Quinn
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20638
First Natl Captl v. S-3 Pump Svc
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30372
USA v. Sullivan
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50817
Gonzalez-Castelan v. Garland
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60162
USA v. Gonzalez
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40127
USA v. De Leon-Turrubiartes
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40215
USA v. Guillen-Cruz
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40248
USA v. Rodriguez-Aguilera
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50126
USA v. Morris
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50170
USA v. Parra-Robles
Date: September 16, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50233
Lawson v. Stephens
Date: September 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10099
USA v. Lacayo
Date: September 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30468
USA v. Pleasant
Date: September 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50649
USA v. Hamilton
Date: September 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10070
Wray v. Home Depot USA
Date: September 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10374
USA v. Jimenez-Ramirez
Date: September 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40165
USA v. Penaloza-Hernandez
Date: September 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40367
Texas v. United States  
Date: September 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40618

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit granted in part and denied in part the United States' motion for a stay pending appeal of the district court's nationwide preliminary injunction preventing the United States from relying on immigration…

Spikes v. McVea
Date: September 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-30019
Forby v. One Technologies, LP  
Date: September 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10088

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit previously ruled that One Tech waived its right to arbitrate plaintiffs' state law claims in a class action alleging that One Tech duped consumers into signing for "free" credit reports that were not…

USA v. Duke
Date: September 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30489
Ray v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue  
Date: September 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60004

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner filed a petition with the U.S. Tax Court challenging the IRS's deficiency determination and the imposition of an accuracy-related penalty. The Tax Court issued a decision upholding in part the IRS's deficiency…

Rivera-Sorto v. Garland
Date: September 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60209
Castillo-Martinez v. Garland
Date: September 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60276
USA v. Patrick
Date: September 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60274
USA v. Moore
Date: September 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11194
United States v. LightRay Capital, LLC  
Date: September 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20471

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from an alleged international conspiracy to secure lucrative oil and gas contracts in Nigeria in exchange for bribes involving real estate, furniture, artwork, and other gifts. LightRay, the sole…

USA v. Garza-Garcia
Date: September 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40813
U.S. Bank Ntl Assn v. Blizzard
Date: September 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50051
Calhoun v. Collier, et al
Date: September 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50663
Singh v. Garland
Date: September 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60273
USA v. Jones
Date: September 13, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10065
USA v. Vazquez-Medrano
Date: September 13, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10250
Philadelphia Indemnity v. Reytech
Date: September 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11274
Callinan, et al v. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, et al
Date: September 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20487
Barilla v. City of Houston  
Date: September 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20535

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of the City's motion to dismiss for lack of standing an action brought by plaintiff, a professional musician and accordionist, challenging three City ordinances which…

Rockett Spec Util Dist v. McAdams
Date: September 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50938
USA v. Kelley
Date: September 10, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10042
Poole v. City of Shreveport  
Date: September 10, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30015

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of summary judgment in an excessive force case where the district court held that a jury could conclude that an officer shot a citizen four times without warning…

USA v. Ramirez-Baeza
Date: September 10, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50290
Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson  
Date: September 10, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50792

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit principally seeking an injunction against the Texas court system to prevent any Texas court from entertaining suits under Senate Bill 8, which authorizes private civil actions against persons who…

United States v. McClaren  
Date: September 9, 2021
Docket Number: 17-30524

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit granted the government's petition for panel rehearing, withdrew its prior opinion, and substituted the following opinion. The court denied defendants' petitions for panel rehearing and for rehearing en…

Hewitt v. Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.  
Date: September 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-20023

Justia Opinion Summary: Under 29 C.F.R. 541.601, a highly compensated employee must be paid on a "salary basis" in order to avoid overtime. Under section 541.604(b), an employee whose pay is "computed on a daily basis" must meet certain…

Roberson v. Morgan, et al
Date: September 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20381
United States v. Garrett  
Date: September 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-61083

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's second denial of plaintiff's motion for compassionate release based on failure to exhaust administrative remedies. In this case, the district court's initial denial was…

Cao v. BSI Financial Services
Date: September 9, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20073
Molero v. Ross Stores
Date: September 9, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30171
USA v. Gabaldon
Date: September 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-50777
USA v. Nunez-Gonzalez
Date: September 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11150
Perez v. Collier, et al
Date: September 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20036
Canada Hockey v. Texas A&M Univ
Date: September 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20503
Can Hockey, et al v. Marquardt
Date: September 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20530
Edelstein, et al v. City of Brownsville
Date: September 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40211
Landers v. Adelstein
Date: September 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40322
USA v. Lee
Date: September 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40721
United States v. Olvera-Martinez  
Date: September 7, 2021
Docket Number: 18-40338

Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment as reformed to reflect that defendant was convicted and sentenced under 8 U.S.C. 1326(b)(1). Defendant pleaded guilty of…

United States v. Cardenas  
Date: September 7, 2021
Docket Number: 18-40790

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255 because the motion was time-barred by the one-year limitations period in the Anti-Terrorism and…

USA v. Carpenter
Date: September 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10902
USA v. Benitez
Date: September 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11157
USA v. Reed
Date: September 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50937
Hicks v. Martinrea Auto Structures (USA), Inc.  
Date: September 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60926

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action brought by plaintiff, alleging malicious interference with employment and witness tampering under Mississippi…

Butler v. Z&H Foods
Date: September 7, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20086
USA v. Flores-Campos
Date: September 7, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40159
USA v. Lopez-Reynoso
Date: September 7, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50168
Ramirez v. Bryan Collier, Executive
Date: September 6, 2021
Docket Number: 21-70004
USA v. Leban
Date: September 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11048
USA v. Speed
Date: September 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11162
Roberson v. Blake, et al
Date: September 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20489
USA v. Pruner
Date: September 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40419
Veasey v. Abbott  
Date: September 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40428

Justia Opinion Summary: After the en banc court held unlawful a Texas statute requiring voters to present photo ID in order to vote, the only issue in this appeal is whether plaintiffs are prevailing parties and thereby entitled to recover…

USA v. Lambright
Date: September 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40740
USA v. Erik Duran-Pinon
Date: September 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40823
USA v. Gandaria-Mancilla
Date: September 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40842
USA v. Tu
Date: September 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40862
Suniverse v. Encore Credit
Date: September 3, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20072
USA v. Guerrero
Date: September 3, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20154
USA v. Tzul
Date: September 3, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60283
Rutila v. United States Department of Transportation  
Date: September 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10730

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal, based on lack of jurisdiction, of plaintiff's claims against the Department and the FAA based on his dissatisfaction with the FAA's response to several of his…

USA v. Llorens
Date: September 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11163
HM International, LLC v. Twin City Fire Insurance Co.  
Date: September 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20122

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Twin City in an action brought by HMI, alleging that Twin City had breached its duty to indemnify. HMI provides various accounting and…

Peters v. Davis
Date: September 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40180
USA v. Cisneros-Silva
Date: September 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40185
Marable v. Department of Commerce
Date: September 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10218
Jackson v. UPM Service
Date: September 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10628
USA v. Self
Date: September 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50019
Loya v. Underwood
Date: September 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10332
MTGLQ Investors v. Alexander
Date: September 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20528
Khoury v. Thota
Date: September 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20578
Sansone v. Jazz Casino Company
Date: September 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30640
Rogers v. Hierholzer, et al
Date: September 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50105
HTC Corp. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson  
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-40566, 19-40643

Justia Opinion Summary: The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) established many global standards for 3G, 4G, and 5G cellular communications technology. ETSI members that own standard-essential patents must provide “an…

HTC, et al v. Telefonaktiebolaget, et al
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 19-40643
Jones v. Givens, et al
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 19-50465
Gutierrez v. Garland  
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 19-60408

Justia Opinion Summary: Gutierrez was born and raised amid violence in Honduras. He resisted MS-13’s attempts to coerce him to join the gang or pay a “war tax” and the gang repeatedly brutalized him and his wife and threatened to kill them. The…

Stafford, et al v. Wilmington Trust, et al
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11075
Damond v. State of LA, et al
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30684
Amador v. Wolfe
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50646
USA v. Lopez-Ordonez
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 20-51045
USA v. Lopez-Ordonez
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 20-51047
Aguilar-De Martinez v. Garland
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60277
Patil v. Amber Lagoon Shipping
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30004
USA v. Ceron-Ortiz
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50186
USA v. Murillo-Portales
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50371
USA v. Crosby
Date: August 31, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60063
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 18-11108
USA v. Olvera-Martinez
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 18-40338
Simmons v. TX Med Bd, et al
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10904
Jenkins v. USA
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10041
USA v. Avila
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10560
United States v. Sandoval Martinez  
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11016

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge. In this case, authorities discovered cocaine and other drugs in the back of defendant's tobacco shop, as well as…

USA v. Scott
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30256
USA v. Oscar Lopez-Santos
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40763
USA v. Myers
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50570
USA v. Boateng
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50630
USA v. Stewart
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50965
Magee v. Perry, et al
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60349
USA v. Snodgrass
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-61148
BlueTarp Fincl v. Robertson
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30056
USA v. Fulton
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10702
Ward v. United States  
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10836

Justia Opinion Summary: Ward pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. In February 2018, the district court sentenced Ward to 200 months of imprisonment. Ward unsuccessfully sought…

USA v. Beverly
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20514
Kivinen v. ICE, et al
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30667
USA v. Johnson
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30694
Singh v. Garland
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60095
Perez-Gomez v. Garland
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60370
Frymire Home Services, Inc. v. Ohio Security Insurance Co.  
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10012

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against OSIC after OSIC denied their claim seeking coverage under plaintiffs' policy for damage caused by a hailstorm. The district court ultimately granted OSIC summary judgment. The Fifth…

USA v. Carter
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10086
Spec's Family Partners v. Jones
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-20009
USA v. Ramirez-Garcia
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50005
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50106
USA v. Arellanes-Dorante
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50183
United States v. Braddy  
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50185

Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine, the district court sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment and a 5-year term of supervised release. The written judgment listed ten…

USA v. Gonzalez-Mares
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50258
USA v. Gonzalez-Mares
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50262
East v. Walgreen
Date: August 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60198
Wali v. Garland
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 18-60747
USA v. Johnson
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10572
Jennings v. Towers Watson  
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11028

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against her former employer, WTW, alleging civil conspiracy under Texas law, a hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990…

Maxim Crane Works, LP v. Zurich American Insurance Co.  
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-20489

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit withdrew its prior opinion and substituted the following opinion. In this insurance coverage dispute, at issue is who counts as an "employee" under the Texas Anti-Indemnity Act (TAIA). The Fifth…

Hampton v. Bohlke, et al
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-60845
Trojanowski v. Vasquez
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10431
USA v. Villasenor
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10602
Vaughn v. NE Furniture Mart, et al
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10775
USA v. Martinez
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11055
Vasquez-Duran v. Driscoll Children's Hosp
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40837
Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter v. City of San Antonio  
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50155

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1899, the Barnard E. Bee chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a monument of a Confederate soldier in a San Antonio Park, also placing a time capsule beneath the statue. In 1932, the Albert Sidney…

USA v. Sarabia
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50438
Mateen v. FNU LNU, et al
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50835
Davis v. Hodgkiss  
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50917

Justia Opinion Summary: In this consolidated civil rights action, plaintiffs filed suit alleging that defendant violated their Fourth Amendment rights by using false statements to secure a search warrant. The case arises out of a criminal…

Puac Puac v. Garland
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-61078
Hollinger v. Kijakazi
Date: August 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-61103
United States v. Sims  
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-20833

Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and life sentence for sex trafficking a minor and conspiracy to sex traffic a minor. The court concluded that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's…

USA v. Gudipati, et al
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-40524
Espinal-Lagos v. Garland
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-60787
USA v. Ashemuke
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11142
USA v. Howell
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-40687
USA v. Fearce
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50699
Hampton v. Tunica Cty Mississippi, et al
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60232
Cornejo-Fernandez v. Garland
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60240
Ramirez v. Garland
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60726
Madison v. ADT, LLC
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10837
USA v. Jose Ramirez-Rodriguez
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40033
USA v. Houston
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50006
USA v. Jefferson
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60250
Irving v. Wilco Life Insurance
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-60400
Madison v. ADT, LLC  
Date: August 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-90028

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, representatives of a class of plaintiffs, filed suit against an ADT employee in state court seeking millions in damages after the employee, who installed ADT's home-security surveillance systems, used his…

United States v. Moparty  
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-20797

Justia Opinion Summary: Dr. Narang and Moparty were convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud, 18 U.S.C. 1349; Health Care Fraud, section 1347, and Engaging in Monetary Transactions in Property Derived from Specified Unlawful…

Dickson v. United States  
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-40932

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's dismissal of his negligence and intentional tort claims alleging that Bureau of Prison (BOP) officials caused him a variety of harm while he was incarcerated at USP Beaumont. The…

Hester v. Bell-Textron, Inc.  
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11140

Justia Opinion Summary: Hester, employed by Bell-Textron since 1997, suffers from epilepsy and glaucoma. Hester also assists his wife, who has stage-four cancer. In 2017, Hester began reporting to Cribb, who was aware of Hester’s medical…

USA v. Ashley
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11189
USA v. Moore
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11273
Document Operations v. AOS Leg Tech
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20388
Wije v. USA
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50070
USA v. Olais Ceballos
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50818
Morales-Duran v. Garland
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60397
Le v. Garland
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60536
USA v. Aguilar-Hernandez
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10030
USA v. Black
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10122
Coleman v. Cardona
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10436
USA v. Medellin-Armendariz
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40068
USA v. Alejandre-Sanchez
Date: August 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-40146
Maxim Crane Works, LP v. Zurich American Insurance Co.  
Date: August 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-20489

Justia Opinion Summary: In this insurance coverage dispute, at issue is who counts as an "employee" under the Texas Anti-Indemnity Act (TAIA). The Fifth Circuit certified the following question to Supreme Court of Texas: Whether the employee…

Edwards v. Mesquite Indep Sch Dist
Date: August 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10158
Taylor v. Academic Partnerships
Date: August 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11205
Hunt v. Lumpkin
Date: August 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20318
Stout v. Stephens, et al
Date: August 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-20324
USA v. Tyler Benson
Date: August 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50755
USA v. Chatham
Date: August 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-51026

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