2019 Eighth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1001 - 1255 of 1255
Date: March 8, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1402
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment against plaintiff in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action alleging that he was unlawfully arrested in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. The court held…
Date: March 8, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1406
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws, in violation of 26 U.S.C. 72121(a). After defendant's trial, the…
Date: March 7, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3579
Justia Opinion Summary: Correction officers who disregard visible and self-reported symptoms medical professionals believe to be flu symptoms are not deliberately indifferent to an obvious need for immediate medical attention. The Eighth…
Date: March 7, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3582
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The court held that defendant's prior Illinois conviction for aggravated battery on a public…
Date: March 6, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2206
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of movant's 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence based on his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Movant claimed that counsel…
Date: March 6, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3237
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of one count of sexual abuse committed in Indian Country, and one count of attempted witness tampering related to an assault on his girlfriend. The court held that the…
Date: March 6, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1143
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 144 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. The court held that the district court did not clearly err by imposing…
Date: March 6, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1355
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for transferring obscene materials to a minor, receipt of child pornography, and sexual exploitation of a minor. The court held that the district court did…
Date: March 6, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-1365, 18-1367
Justia Opinion Summary: The Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act is not unconstitutionally vague where the statute's "knowingly or intentionally" scienter requirement alleviates vagueness concerns by narrowing the scope of its…
Date: March 6, 2019
Docket Number: 18-3077
Justia Opinion Summary: Two male students filed suit against Minnesota's high school athletic league and others, alleging that the league unlawfully discriminated against them on the basis of sex through its rule prohibiting boys from…
Date: March 5, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3195
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the revocation of his supervised release based on the allegation that he committed assault in June 2016. The Eighth Circuit, on de novo review, reversed and held that the admission of three witness…
Date: March 5, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1059
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The court held that substantial…
Date: March 1, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3377
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's grant of DHS's motion to pretermit petitioner's cancellation of removal application. At issue was whether petitioner's Nebraska…
Date: March 1, 2019
Docket Number: 18-2198
Justia Opinion Summary: A shareholder of Transgenomic filed a class action against former shareholders, alleging materially misleading statements and omissions in the proxy statement. The Eighth Circuit reversed the district court's ruling that…
Date: February 28, 2019
Docket Number: 17-1761
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the City in an action alleging that the City discriminated against plaintiff based on her race when it denied her applications for rezoning to…
Date: February 28, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3279
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of three counts of wire fraud, four counts of mail fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud after cattle producers who contracted for grazing services during the 2012-2014…
Date: February 28, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1812
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for two counts of possession of a stolen firearm. The court held that defendant could not establish substantial prejudice and there was no reversible error…
Date: February 28, 2019
Docket Number: 18-2098
Justia Opinion Summary: The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's holding that 11 U.S.C. 1322(b)(2)'s anti-modification provision did not apply to the Paddock's claim in debtors' manufactured home. Debtors' plan proposed…
Date: February 28, 2019
Docket Number: 18-2514
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of disability benefits to plaintiff based on his claim of mild intellectual disability, low education, slow learning abilities, and memory problems. The court held that substantial…
Date: February 28, 2019
Docket Number: 18-6024
Justia Opinion Summary: The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's order granting the Chapter 13 trustee's motion to dismiss debtor's bankruptcy case. The panel held that the record supported the trustee's contention that…
Date: February 27, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-2721, 17-2722, 17-2723, 17-2768
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and his mother were convicted of charges related to their operation of smoke shops that sold "potpourri," a product containing synthetic marijuana that when consumed sometimes resulted in significant adverse…
Date: February 27, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2828
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff and her three minor children's complaint against Children's Healthcare and a doctor. The action stemmed from the doctor's report to child protective…
Date: February 27, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3749
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit vacated defendant's assault convictions for inflicting an eye and arm injury on his girlfriend and remanded for a new trial. The court held that, when the district court instructed the jury that it was…
Date: February 27, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1945
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against his employer, Boeing, for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. Plaintiff was an at-will employee with Special Action Program (SAP) clearances and access for his classified work.…
Date: February 26, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3391
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an inmate, appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendants on his claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). The court held that…
Date: February 26, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3750
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm after a shooting at a fraternity party. The court held that there was sufficient evidence to establish possession, and the district…
Date: February 26, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3789
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Continental in a personal injury action. In this case, plaintiff was an employee of Great Western, and Continental had hired Great Western as…
Date: February 26, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1419
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that the district court did not commit impermissible double counting by…
Date: February 26, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1894
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for mail fraud, use of fire and aid and abetting the use of fire to commit a felony, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The court held that the evidence was…
Date: February 26, 2019
Docket Number: 18-2265
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress. The district found that the encounter with law enforcement was not consensual at its inception and did not become consensual at…
Date: February 25, 2019
Docket Number: 17-1650
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for the Housing Authority and plaintiff's supervisor in an action alleging various discrimination, retaliation, and constitutional claims.…
Date: February 25, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2698
Justia Opinion Summary: After James Wurster suffered fatal burns when a gas can manufactured by TPG exploded as he was burning garbage on this farm, his wife filed suit against TPG. The jury rendered a take-nothing verdict under Iowa's…
Date: February 25, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3415
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's order finding that Prudential did not abuse its discretion when it terminated plaintiff's long term disability benefits. The court held that, although plaintiff presented…
Date: February 22, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2572
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 204 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base. The court held that the district court did not procedurally err in…
Date: February 22, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3176
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and common law, against the Tribe and tribal officers, seeking damages for their violation of his constitutional and civil rights stemming from his arrest and incarceration. The…
Date: February 22, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1074
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's order upholding the IJ's finding that petitioner was removeable. The court held that petitioner's 2009 deferred judgment under Iowa Code 907.3(1) was a…
Date: February 22, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-1426, 18-1427
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 120 month sentence for bank robbery. The court held that defendant's prior Illinois conviction for attempted robbery qualified as a career offender predicate under the force clause…
Date: February 20, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1138
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed Defendant’s conviction of three counts of child abuse and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, holding that any error in the proceedings below was harmless. Specifically, the…
Date: February 20, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1230
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit denied Petitioner’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of Petitioner’s motion to terminate removal proceedings,…
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3645
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant's 28 U.S.C. 2255 petition was successive and his substantive arguments were barred. The Eighth Circuit held that defendant's second amended judgment was not a new sentence where the judge orally sentenced him…
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1042
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit held that there was sufficient evidence to convict defendant of distribution of heroin and fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and possession of those drugs with intent to distribute. In this…
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1352
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner sought review of the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The Eighth Circuit denied the petition, holding that there was no…
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1507
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence from a traffic stop after he entered a conditional guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court…
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1559
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the University in a Title IX action alleging that plaintiff was excluded from participation in and denied the benefits of the educational…
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1808
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-2233
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction on remand of possession of an unregistered firearm. The court held that there was ample circumstantial evidence for the district court to reasonably infer defendant…
Date: February 14, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3588
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to an off-duty police officer and the board of police commissioners in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action. Plaintiff, a concertgoer, filed suit after he was…
Date: February 14, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1212
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence imposed after his successful motion under 28 U.S.C. 2255 on the ground that it was substantively unreasonable. The Eighth Circuit enforced the appeal waiver in the plea agreement and…
Date: February 13, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1215
Justia Opinion Summary: It is plain that the government cannot use the misprision statute to require someone to report a crime—an essential element of misprision—where doing so reasonably could lead to that individual's own prosecution.…
Date: February 12, 2019
Docket Number: 16-3588
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit reversed and vacated the district court's imposition of special conditions of supervised release prohibiting the consumption of alcohol and setting a curfew. In this case, defendant pleaded guilty to…
Date: February 12, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3373
Justia Opinion Summary: When resentencing follows a successful 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion based on counsel's failure to appeal, the prescribed procedure is for the district court to vacate the sentence and then reimpose it. The Eighth Circuit…
Date: February 12, 2019
Docket Number: 18-2066
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was sentenced to 87 months in prison followed by a 5 year term of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to possession and attempted possession of child pornography. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district…
Date: February 11, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2494
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit dismissed defendant's appeal, holding that he waived his right in his plea agreement to request or receive records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Defendant had pleaded guilty to…
Date: February 11, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3027
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255, invoking Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015). The court held that defendant had at…
Date: February 11, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3099
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255 in light of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015). The court held that when the record…
Date: February 11, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1022
Justia Opinion Summary: Relators filed a quit am action against the Hospital for violations of the False Claims Act. Relators also filed suit against the Hospital and its CEO, alleging violation of the Act's anti-retaliation provision. The…
Date: February 8, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2163
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in favor of JBS in an action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Iowa Civil Rights Act (ICRA), and the Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law (IWPCL).…
Date: February 8, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-3404, 17-3405
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Strata's excess insurer, Houston Casualty, and denial of its cross-motion for summary judgment. After an employee was killed in a mine…
Date: February 8, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3821
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action against police officers, in their individual capacities, alleging that the officers used excessive force and exhibited deliberate indifference to medical needs in an incident that…
Date: February 8, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1810
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence after she conditionally pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The court held that the district…
Date: February 7, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2079
Justia Opinion Summary: After her fifteen year old son was shot and killed by a police officer, plaintiff filed suit against the officer, the police chief, and the city, alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and state law. The district court…
Date: February 7, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3263
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff obtained a home equity loan from Countrywide, he filed a pro se complaint alleging five causes of action against Bank of America, the company that acquired Countrywide. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the…
Date: February 7, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3434
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute a controlled substance. The court held that the district court did not err by allowing the…
Date: February 7, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-3807, 17-3809
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Rodriguez and Marcov appealed their sentences and restitution orders imposed by the district court after they pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Defendants' convictions stemmed from their participation in a scheme…
Date: February 6, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3158
Justia Opinion Summary: CMI, a purchaser and reseller of mortgage loans, filed suit against Platinum, an originator and seller of mortgage loans, alleging that Platinum breached a contract by failing to repurchase seven allegedly defective…
Date: February 6, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3196
Justia Opinion Summary: After the sheriff's department decided not to reinstate plaintiff, she filed suit against the county alleging retaliation and sex, pregnancy, and disability discrimination, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights…
Date: February 6, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3768
Justia Opinion Summary: In an action arising out of a fee dispute between a law firm and two clients, the action was removed to federal court and then the unpaid-fees claims proceeded to arbitration. The district court granted the firm relief…
Date: February 5, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2849
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's order dismissing a petition to vacate petitioner's sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255, and denied the Government's motion to remand. The court held that petitioner's Illinois…
Date: February 4, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2630
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a personal injury action against Merck after she suffered cardiovascular injuries allegedly from taking a medication called Vioxx. The Eighth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's…
Date: February 4, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3238
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the City in an employment discrimination suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Minnesota Human Rights Act…
Date: February 1, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3226
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's decision affirming the bankruptcy court's order holding that CRP has an unenforceable judicial lien against the real property of debtor and avoiding that lien…
Date: February 1, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3283
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of mail and wire fraud and sentence of 87 months in prison. Defendant's conviction stemmed from his scheme to promote the creation of a Hmong homeland by accepting money…
Date: January 31, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2428
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's motion to vacate, set aside or correct his sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255. The court held that counsel's conflict did not adversely affect the…
Date: January 31, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2441
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court's vacatur of the arbitration award plaintiff received against his insurer, Great American, for wrongfully denying his claim for damage to his corn crop. The court vacated and…
Date: January 31, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3102
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's motion to correct his sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255 because it was time-barred. The court held that the motion was untimely because Johnson v.…
Date: January 31, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3638
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of petitioner's motion under 28 U.S.C. 2255 based on the one year statute of limitations period. The court held that it was reasonably debatable whether the…
Date: January 30, 2019
Docket Number: 17-1904
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment affirming a bankruptcy court order holding the Bank and its president in contempt and sanctioning them for violating a final bankruptcy discharge injunction. The…
Date: January 30, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3221
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence found during a stop and frisk. The court held that it was reasonable for the officer to stop defendant because he…
Date: January 30, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3674
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for damaging property of the United States valued at more than $1,000 after a drunk-driving incident in which defendant struck and destroyed a localizer antenna array at…
Date: January 30, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3793
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence of 111 days and 3 years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful use of identification documents. The court held that the district court's…
Date: January 29, 2019
Docket Number: 16-2529
Justia Opinion Summary: In light of legal authorities and the historical record, defendant's contention that the Second Amendment protects a right to carry a concealed weapon in a vehicle is at least subject to reasonable dispute. The Eighth…
Date: January 29, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3538
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence of 10 months in prison and one year of supervised release after he violated his conditions of release for the second time. The court held that the district court did not…
Date: January 28, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2418
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for American Family, in an action brought by Clarke, alleging that the insurer wrongfully denied coverage for defense and indemnity of a lawsuit…
Date: January 28, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3463
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of the government's motion for summary judgment and denied taxpayer's cross motion. The court held that the government established the existence and proper mailing…
Date: January 28, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3740
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 34 month sentence after he pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that defendant's within-Guidelines sentence was not substantively…
Date: January 28, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1139
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of Receipt of Images Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of Minors. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying defendant's motion for a…
Date: January 25, 2019
Docket Number: 18-6029
Justia Opinion Summary: The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's denial of debtor's motion to reconsider the order entered which indefinitely extended the deadlines for payment of the last two installments of her filing…
Date: January 23, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1600
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 41 month sentence after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle, and fraudulent use of access…
Date: January 22, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3523
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 360 month sentence for kidnapping. The court held that the district court did not err in imposing the cross reference to attempted murder and the district court's application of…
Date: January 22, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1482
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for crimes related to his role in a bank robbery. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion by admitting three Facebook videos into evidence…
Date: January 16, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3812
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of ex-wife's motion to dismiss an action brought by ex-husband, alleging violations of the anti-alienation provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act…
Date: January 15, 2019
Docket Number: 17-1744
Justia Opinion Summary: In these consolidated cases, out-of-network medical providers who United intentionally failed to fully pay for services rendered to United plan beneficiaries in order to offset overpayments to the same providers from…
Date: January 14, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2005
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's dismissal of her 42 U.S.C. 1983 action alleging that the City deprived her of her constitutional rights. Plaintiff's amended complaint alleged that she was arrested, her car was…
Date: January 14, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2367
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's second motion to vacate his mandatory minimum fifteen-year sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). The court held that the new rule in…
Date: January 14, 2019
Docket Number: 18-6022
Justia Opinion Summary: The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel dismissed debtor's appeal of the bankruptcy court's order granting a motion for relief from the automatic bankruptcy stay filed by Deutsche Bank. The panel held that a foreclosure and sale…
Date: January 11, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2732
Justia Opinion Summary: The District filed suit alleging that an UV System installed at one of its treatment facilities had consistently failed to function in any working capacity. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of…
Date: January 11, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3657
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting second degree murder. The Eighth Circuit held that the government did not breach the plea agreement when it recommended a sentence within the…
Date: January 10, 2019
Docket Number: 17-1250
Justia Opinion Summary: The receiver filed suit against Associated Bank, which provided banking services to some of the scammers' entities, accusing the bank of aiding and abetting the Ponzi scheme. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district…
Date: January 10, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-1451, 17-1746, 17-1772
Justia Opinion Summary: Graco sought to set a jury verdict aside that found in favor of Rydex in its breach of contract claim against Graco. Graco renewed its motion for judgment as a matter of law and moved for a new trial. After the district…
Date: January 10, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2204
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against pharmaceutical companies, alleging that they were liable for substantial gambling and other financial losses that resulted from obsessive compulsive behavior, a side effect of taking a…
Date: January 10, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2425
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence after he pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of ammunition as a previously convicted felon. The court held that defendant's prior Missouri drug convictions qualified as…
Date: January 10, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2857
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a class action against the State of Missouri and others, alleging that the state failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide indigent defendants with meaningful representation. The Eighth…
Date: January 10, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2929
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence from wiretaps after he pleaded guilty to drug-related offenses. The court held that the district court did not err in…
Date: January 10, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3355
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for Employers in an action brought by Employers, seeking a declaratory judgment to clarify whether Hartford had a duty to pay half of the…
Date: January 10, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1472
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a putative class action against the City, alleging several constitutional violations under 42 U.S.C. 1983 stemming from the City's alleged detention of plaintiffs for their inability to pay traffic…
Date: January 9, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3299
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's application of the concurrent sentence doctrine to petitioner and denial of 28 U.S.C. 2255 relief. The court held that sentencing petitioner as an armed career criminal on…
Date: January 9, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3302
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of Medtronic's motion to remand an employment contract dispute back to state court. Applying Minnesota law, the court held that plaintiff waived his right to remove…
Date: January 8, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3112
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit vacated the district court's approval of a settlement agreement in a purported class action alleging that SC Data Center committed three violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The court held that…
Date: January 8, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-3177, 17-3179
Justia Opinion Summary: The Estate appealed the district court's order denying its motion for reconsideration of an adverse grant of summary judgment. SPV cross-appealed the denial of its 28 U.S.C. 1927 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure…
Date: January 8, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3199
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of three counts relating to a conspiracy to distribute human growth hormone (HGH) for unauthorized purposes and to smuggle HGH into the United States. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district…
Date: January 8, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3573
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action against defendants after William Collin Spradling was shot and killed during an investigation. Plaintiff's action was filed outside the Arkansas statute of limitations. The court…
Date: January 7, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3039
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence after he pleaded guilty to domestic assault by an habitual offender. The court held that defendant's sentence was not procedurally unreasonable, because the district court…
Date: January 4, 2019
Docket Number: 17-2884
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against defendants under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging claims of false arrest, excessive force, and denial of medical care. The court affirmed the district court's judgment and held that plaintiff failed…
Date: January 4, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3562
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for various crimes related to stealing funds from a medical practice while working as a bookkeeper. The court held that the district court did not err by excluding…
Date: January 3, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3266
Justia Opinion Summary: American Family filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment against Vein Centers, its insured, disputing American Family's duty to defend and indemnify Vein Centers in a class action. St. Louis was the class representative…
Date: January 3, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3618
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendants in an action alleging racial discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. 1981 and 1983, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and…
Date: January 3, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1095
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for the school district in an action under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The court held that, where parents refuse special education…
Date: January 2, 2019
Docket Number: 17-3705
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of qualified immunity to defendant, a jailer, in an action alleging excessive force under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and assault and battery under Iowa law. The court held that…
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