2020 Eighth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1 - 500 of 1213
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-1340, 19-1342, 19-1348, 19-1349
Justia Opinion Summary: After the school districts sought modification of existing desegregation consent decrees to allow their exemption from Arkansas's Public School Choice Act, Ark. Code. Ann. 6–18–1906, the district court granted the…
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2819
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against various officials of an Arkansas jail, where he had been held as a pretrial detainee. After he was transferred to a facility in Texas, some of the defendants moved to stay the case. Although…
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3230
Justia Opinion Summary: After Daniel Elrod was shot and killed by a former Omaha police officer, plaintiff filed suit against the officer and others under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and state law. The district court granted summary judgment to the officer…
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-2892
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff filed suit against his former employer, TAW, in Nebraska state court, TAW removed to federal district court where the action was dismissed with prejudice. On appeal, a panel of the Eighth Circuit vacated…
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3440
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's admission of evidence over plaintiffs' objection and denial of plaintiffs' motion for a new trial in a products liability action brought against Crown, a forklift…
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 20-1677
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a class action against CPAY, alleging breach of contract, state-law fraudulent concealment, and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Plaintiffs, a class of over…
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2823
Justia Opinion Summary: Police stopped Anguiano for expired license plates. The car contained a fake DEA badge and cash. At the hotel where Anguiano was staying, Baez’s wife, Gavino, admitted the officers. Baez was sitting next to Chevrolet…
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2875
Justia Opinion Summary: Maras's application for tenure as an associate professor at the University of Missouri Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology was denied. She filed suit, claiming discrimination on the basis of sex,…
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3504
Justia Opinion Summary: Dat was born in a Kenyan refugee camp in 1993. Admitted to the U.S. around 1994, he became a lawful permanent resident. Dat pled guilty to robbery, 18 U.S.C. 1951, and was sentenced to 78 months' imprisonment. Dat’s…
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2594
Justia Opinion Summary: The school district filed suit against ACE, seeking a declaratory judgment stating that the school district's legal liability insurance policy provided coverage for a teacher's retaliatory discharge lawsuit filed against…
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2706
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, former clients of RBC, filed a purported class action suit against RBC for breach of contract, alleging that RBC breached its duties to comply with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rules and to…
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-3461, 18-3471
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against defendant, a police officer, alleging civil rights claims related to her conduct during an investigation into an alleged interstate sex-trafficking scheme. Specifically, plaintiffs claimed…
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3756
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. 2241 where petitioner was convicted in 2012, after trial by general court-martial, of rape committed in 1998. At the…
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2323
Justia Opinion Summary: After officers from the Cedar Rapids Police Department shot and killed Jonathan Gossman during an altercation after stopping his vehicle to investigate possible drug crimes, Gossman's relatives filed suit against…
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2961
Justia Opinion Summary: After Cassandra Braun was killed in a high-speed police pursuit of a speeding vehicle, her mother filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action, alleging constitutional violations against the officer involved in the accident and his…
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3356
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's order upholding the IJ's denial of petitioner's motion to reopen proceedings based on changed country conditions. The court did not find that "any reasonable…
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3528
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was sentenced to 180 months imprisonment for possession of controlled substances with the intent to distribute, and a consecutive term of 30 months imprisonment for violating the terms of a previously imposed…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2351
Justia Opinion Summary: Ricker traveled from South Dakota to Texas to sexually abuse the seven-year-old twin daughters of an acquaintance. He took photos and videos of the abuse. Months later, South Dakota officers received information that…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2409
Justia Opinion Summary: Zerba agreed to sell a half-pound of marijuana to Beener. The drug deal resulted in the shooting death of Beener’s associate, Plotz. Zerba pled guilty to conspiring to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1),…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2475
Justia Opinion Summary: Dassault hired Gipson in 2004; he was promoted in 2006. In 2011, Gipson received a poor evaluation from his supervisor. Gipson complained to HR about his supervisor. Later, Gipson and his supervisor had an argument which…
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2879
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained from his vehicle. Defendant conditionally pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute controlled…
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3010
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the District and three individual school officials in an action brought by a student, alleging claims of sexual abuse and harassment…
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1054
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a police officer, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 based on the police department's investigation of him after it received allegations that plaintiff had purchased illegal steroids and interfered with a…
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1891
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 42-month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to one count of theft of trade secrets and one count of making a false statement to the FBI, related to his access and use of…
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1946
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff was found to have violated the University's policies prohibiting sexual harassment and stalking on the basis of sex, and was suspended for two years, he filed suit against the Curators of the University…
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2207
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court first concluded that the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained…
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2227
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Safeco after the insurance company denied her underinsured motorist insurance (UIM) coverage. The district court granted summary judgment to Safeco. The Eighth Circuit affirmed, holding that…
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2369
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of plaintiff's 28 U.S.C. 2254 motion for habeas relief based on the denial of his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation. Defendant was convicted of aggravated…
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3202
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress firearms and drugs after defendant conditionally pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that…
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3199
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted by a jury of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm; one count of simple possession of methamphetamine; and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a narcotics offense.…
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3268
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. On remand, after denying defendant's request to withdraw his guilty plea, the district court imposed a sentence of…
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1954
Justia Opinion Summary: Weckman entered a credit union and placed an apparent make-shift bomb on the counter. The tellers placed approximately $1,600 in his duffle bag, including GPS-enabled fake currency. Weckman fled on a bicycle, which he…
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2417
Justia Opinion Summary: Hensley, charged with attempted enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual conduct (18 U.S.C. 2422(b)); attempted production of child pornography after having previously been convicted of child sex crimes (18…
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2578
Justia Opinion Summary: Auge, an experienced industrial-equipment salesman, started with Fairchild in 2013, with a base salary of $50,000 and a commission of 30% on the gross profits from most new equipment sales. Days after the company’s plan…
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-3686, 19-3597
Justia Opinion Summary: Nelson and Sykes pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), 846. Both were serving state sentences at the time of their convictions. The district court sentenced Nelson to 77…
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-3256, 18-3259
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit reversed the tax court's grant of appellees' motion for summary judgment in an action where the Commissioner determined that because Judith S. Coffey was not a bona fide resident of the United States…
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2247
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 190 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to two drug counts, one for conspiracy and another for possession. The court held that the district court did not err in…
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2350
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 46 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Even if the court assumes that the district court's statement at…
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3167
Justia Opinion Summary: DNF purchased a debt that plaintiff owed to a retailer, hired a law firm, and brought a collection action in state court. Plaintiff hired her own lawyer and moved to dismiss for insufficient process and service of…
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2718
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of kidnapping Maria Eloiza and her five-year-old son, resulting in the deaths of both. Defendant was 16-years-old at the time he committed the offense, and the district court sentenced him to the…
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3485
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, distributing methamphetamine, conspiring to commit money laundering, and tampering with a…
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2307
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized from his person and vehicle after his arrest. Defendant conditional pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and…
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-2653
Justia Opinion Summary: After Federal issued a Financial Institution Bond to COR, COR paid $2,080,000 to settle claims by investors that a former COR registered representative had conspired with others to defraud investors by carrying out a…
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2404
Justia Opinion Summary: Tile Shop Holdings settled multiple lawsuits with its shareholders and then sought indemnification under its directors-and-officers insurance policies. Allied World, Tile Shop's excess insurer, denied coverage. The…
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3373
Justia Opinion Summary: After the Fishery received two citations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), the OSHA Commission dismissed them. The citation stemmed from an incident where a Fishery boat capsized on the reservation in…
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2143
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of the Estate's motion for a new trial under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(a)(1)(A). This action stemmed from a legal malpractice action against DLG, alleging…
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3418
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty in 2008 to conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of cocaine base. On appeal, defendant challenged the district court's denial of her motion to reduce her sentence under Section 404 of the…
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 20-6011
Justia Opinion Summary: The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversed the bankruptcy court's order confirming the Chapter 12 plan of debtors. The panel held that the plain language of Bankruptcy Code 1232 does not allow a Chapter 12 plan to compel a…
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 20-6014
Justia Opinion Summary: The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's order granting the Bank relief from the automatic stay. The panel held that the default provisions in debtor's Chapter 12 plan were dispositive of the Bank's…
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1801
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit held that, under the fugitive disentitlement doctrine, defendant forfeited his right to have his appeal heard because he escaped from prison. On the Government's request, the appeal will be dismissed…
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2743
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit denied a petition for review of the IJ's and BIA's decisions denying relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Petitioner claimed that the Somali government will acquiesce in his torture by…
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 18-2705
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against CCMC, alleging that CCMC failed to obtain the proper construction permit under the Clean Air Act (CAA), and failed to implement the requisite dust control plan for the Coyote Creek Mine,…
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 20-3126
Justia Opinion Summary: This action concerns the validity of Minn. Stat. 204B.13, subd. 2(c), which addresses the administration of an election when the candidate of a major political party dies after the seventy-ninth day before a general…
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2415
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Meridian in an action brought by Meridian seeking a declaration that it has no obligation to provide underinsured motorist (UIM)…
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1671
Justia Opinion Summary: Engineered Sales filed suit against Endress, alleging a violation of the Minnesota Termination of Sales Representatives Act. At issue is whether the Act, as amended in 2014, applies to their contractual relationship.…
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2642
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and his wife filed claims of negligence and failure to warn against Grainer, a distributor of industrial equipment, and its subsidiary, Dayton, after plaintiff was injured by a web sling at work. The Eighth…
Date: November 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3258
Justia Opinion Summary: After Drake University and its Board of Trustees expelled plaintiff for sexually assaulting a female student, plaintiff filed suit for violations of Title IX and the Americans with Disabilities (ADA), as well as claims…
Date: November 5, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2800
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence of a firearm. The court held that, in light of the totality of the circumstances, the officer had reasonable suspicion…
Date: November 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3224
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for five controlled substance offenses. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's convictions for conspiring to distribute crack and heroin…
Date: November 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3222
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that the district court did not err by applying an enhanced…
Date: November 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3767
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that the district court did not err by denying defendant's motion to suppress where police entry into the…
Date: October 29, 2020
Docket Number: 20-3139
Justia Opinion Summary: Minnesota law dictates that election officials only count ballots received by election day. The Minnesota Alliance for Retired Americans Education Fund filed suit against the Secretary, alleging that Minnesota's…
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1713
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against his arresting officers and others, alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and the Fourth Amendment, after the officers seized him without probable cause. The Eighth Circuit held that the…
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2627
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for extortion, attempted extortion, and receipt of a firearm with intent to commit a felony. Defendant's convictions stemmed from the use of his official position on the…
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-1148, 19-2130
Justia Opinion Summary: A noncitizen who enters this country without inspection or admission, but who later receives Temporary Protected Status (TPS), may adjust her status to Lawful Permanent Resident because a TPS recipient is deemed…
Date: October 26, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2447
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting defendant's 2005 conviction…
Date: October 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2638
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of U.S. Bank's motion for summary judgment in an action brought by plaintiff, alleging that the Bank fired her because of her age and in retaliation for reporting…
Date: October 23, 2020
Docket Number: 20-3121
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the enforcement of portions of Mo. Rev. Stat. 115.302, which provides for voting by mail-in ballot due to the ongoing global pandemic.…
Date: October 23, 2020
Docket Number: 20-3126
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit denied the motion for an administrative stay and stay pending appeal of the district court's injunction in a dispute relating to the general election scheduled for November 3, 2020. This action…
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-2374
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for three counts of transmitting a threatening communication in interstate commerce based on a series of tweets he directed at United States Senator Joni Ernst. The…
Date: October 19, 2020
Docket Number: 17-2055
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of habeas relief to petitioner based on the ineffective assistance of counsel. Petitioner was convicted for two counts of first degree murder among other things and…
Date: October 19, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2775
Justia Opinion Summary: Ohio law allows nonsignatory agents to compel arbitration under general principles of contract and agency law. The Eighth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of Navient's motion to compel arbitration against…
Date: October 16, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-3057, 18-3058
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed Defendants Woods and Shelton's convictions for crimes involving bribes and kickbacks using public funds. The court held that the district court did not err in denying defendants' motion to…
Date: October 15, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-1350, 19-1870
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that he was wrongfully fired from GM under both federal and state law because he reported safety issues with the manufacturing process at the plant in Wentzville, Arkansas. The district…
Date: October 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2139
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for six counts of interference with commerce by robbery. The court held that the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress cell…
Date: October 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-2806
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for threatening a federal law enforcement officer (Count I), forcibly resisting a federal law enforcement officer (Count 2), and being a felon in possession of a firearm…
Date: October 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2473
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction because it…
Date: October 5, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1184
Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this appeal is what effect, if any, a guilty plea has on later denaturalization proceedings. In this case, defendant had pleaded guilty to violating and conspiring to violate Iraqi sanctions and to misusing…
Date: October 5, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3119
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, although defendant's prior Missouri conviction is not a predicate offense…
Date: October 1, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3207
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for sexual abuse of a minor under the age of twelve years old (count I); sexual abuse of a minor between the ages of twelve and sixteen years old (count…
Date: October 1, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3381
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motions to suppress in a case where defendant entered a conditional plea of guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin and…
Date: September 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2235
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 190 month sentence imposed under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) after he pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon. The court held that revising a sentencing…
Date: September 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2549
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction; the district court…
Date: September 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2779
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 58 month sentence imposed after he was convicted of conspiracy to commit theft of public funds, theft of public funds, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and mail fraud.…
Date: September 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2877
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress in a case where defendant pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm. The court held that the evidence seized in reliance…
Date: September 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-6027
Justia Opinion Summary: Years of litigation resulted from Debtor's spouse's personal guarantee of a lease of real property from Lariat. One suit resulted in a state court judgment holding Debtor and Debtor's spouse jointly and severally liable…
Date: September 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3540
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, Cain was convicted of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Guideline changes reduced his sentence to 151 months. His five-year term of supervised release began in 2016. Within 14 months, he was revoked for…
Date: September 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3249
Justia Opinion Summary: Following a shooting, police went to Roberts’s apartment to execute a search warrant on the residence and a Durango vehicle. Officers found firearms. An officer stated Roberts was not under arrest. Roberts admitted he…
Date: September 22, 2020
Docket Number: 20-1117
Justia Opinion Summary: Avitso, a citizen of Togo, entered the U.S. as a student in 2004 and married a U.S. citizen. In 2011, USCIS denied a Petition for Alien Relative filed by Avitso’s wife and an application for adjustment of status filed by…
Date: September 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3159
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit held that the evidence was sufficient to convict defendant of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and being a felon in…
Date: September 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2399
Justia Opinion Summary: After Primerica filed an interpleader action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 22 in order to resolve competing claims to Garvin Reid's life insurance proceeds, the district court awarded summary judgment and the…
Date: September 16, 2020
Docket Number: 20-6002
Justia Opinion Summary: The Bankruptcy Court denied the State's claim filed on behalf of unnamed charities for lack of standing, and denied the State's claim on behalf of Team Makers on the equitable doctrine of laches. The Bankruptcy…
Date: September 11, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-1079, 19-2376, 19-2382, 19-2452
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Thomas Petters from 1994 to 2008 through his company, PCI. These appeals involve the Trustee’s separate claw back claims against defendants. The Trustee asserted claims…
Date: September 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3325
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's revocation sentence, holding that defendant's sentence was not substantively unreasonable. In explaining the revocation sentence it was imposing, the district court discussed…
Date: September 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2234
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit vacated defendant's sentence and remanded for resentencing before a different judge. Defendant alleged that, absent the district court's advice, he likely would have accepted the government's offer and…
Date: September 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3094
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence as an armed career criminal after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that the district court was entitled to treat the fact that…
Date: September 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2778
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of conspiracy to violate federal health care laws, as well as eleven substantive counts of health care fraud. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support…
Date: September 4, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-3704, 19-2368
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit denied the petitions for review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's denial of petitioner's request for deferral and the BIA's denial of petitioner's motion to reopen his immigration case. The…
Date: September 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1774
Justia Opinion Summary: The Pharmacies filed suit against ESI, the nation's largest Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM), alleging breach of contract, attempted monopolization, and other claims. The district court dismissed the entire complaint with…
Date: September 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1842
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a former student at the University, filed suit against the Board of Trustees and several university officials, claiming that they violated his rights in a disciplinary action against him. This case stemmed…
Date: September 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2401
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant relief under the First Step Act. The court rejected defendant's contention that the district court violated his right to a…
Date: September 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2402
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's reduction of defendant's sentence to 277 months' imprisonment under the First Step Act. The court held that defendant's suggestion that the district court did not…
Date: September 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1252
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions and sentence for sexually abusing a minor on a United States military installation and transporting an individual across state lines to engage in sexual activity. The…
Date: September 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2951
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2019, Perficient filed suit against its former employee and his new employer, Spaulding, alleging claims including breach of contract and violations of the Defend Trade Secrets Act, and the Missouri Uniform Trade…
Date: September 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1312
Justia Opinion Summary: A.C.'s Westside eighth-grade class watched a video about athletes kneeling during the national anthem. During a “critical thinking” discussion, the teacher insisted that A.C. share her ideas. A.C. stated that “kneeling…
Date: September 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3239
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion for return of property under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g). After defendant pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute…
Date: August 31, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3137
Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) removed sovereign immunity from suits for “injury or loss of property, or personal injury or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission” of a federal employee acting…
Date: August 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3016
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action brought by a student and Turning Point USA, alleging that defendants violated plaintiffs' rights under the…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3709
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for receipt or attempted receipt of child pornography. The court held that the district court did not plainly err in admitting images of a female minor…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1335
Justia Opinion Summary: In Al-Saadoon I, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of petitioners' (husband and wife) petitions for naturalization because husband engaged in unlawful employment and thus the couple never lawfully adjusted to…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1541
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for one count of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and four counts of health care fraud. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1557
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, six former inmates of the Faulkner County Detention Center, filed suit against the County and two jail employees under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that their conditions of confinement were unconstitutional…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1594
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit asserting Title IX violations and various state law claims against the University after it began disciplinary proceedings that resulted in plaintiff's suspension. The disciplinary proceedings arose…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1816
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Allied Pilots in state court for conversion and unjust enrichment, arguing that he was entitled to keep his whole profit sharing payment rather than give some of it to the union for "dues."…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2163
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit reversed the district court's order requiring the Meadowvale Dairy Employee Benefit Plan to pay benefits and attorney's fees to Avera under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2366
Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, the Supreme Court decided Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191, 2200 (2019). The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's…
Date: August 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1132
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment on plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim against the City for depriving plaintiff of her constitutional right to a prompt first appearance in…
Date: August 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2829
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for conspiring to violate federal health care laws and eleven counts of health care fraud. Defendant's conviction stemmed from his involvement in a health care fraud…
Date: August 26, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2536
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff was injured while serving as an engineer for UP when the train he was operating partially derailed because of a misaligned switch, he filed suit under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), alleging…
Date: August 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2367
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit vacated the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the plan beneficiary in an action arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The court held that the district…
Date: August 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2487
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for three counts of drug and gun charges. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to convict defendant for conspiracy to distribute heroin, powder cocaine, and…
Date: August 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2622
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Abbott in an action brought by a former employee, alleging a failure-to-accommodate claim under the Minnesota Human Rights Act…
Date: August 25, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-3130, 19-3346
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, holding that the district court did not err by denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence under the Fourth Amendment.…
Date: August 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2045
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against a police officer under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that the officer used excessive force in seizing plaintiff's 16 year old son. The officer shot the son and the son sustained serious injuries…
Date: August 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2635
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence of a gun seized without a warrant during a traffic stop and his subsequent statements to law enforcement. The court held…
Date: August 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2820
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for sexual exploitation of a child,…
Date: August 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3173
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's reduction of defendant's life sentence to 360 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base. The district court left defendant's 360 month…
Date: August 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3300
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiffs received criminal citations for trespassing and traffic violations while hunting, they filed suit alleging unreasonable search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment and Iowa Constitution, as well as…
Date: August 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1781
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 240 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to distributing more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. The court held that the district court did not err by applying a…
Date: August 20, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-2086, 19-2172
Justia Opinion Summary: After Officers Jorgensen and Eckert shot and killed John O. Birkeland in his home, plaintiff filed a wrongful death action against the officers as well as the sergeant and the city. The district court granted summary…
Date: August 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2682
Justia Opinion Summary: After the district court granted petitioner's application for naturalization, petitioner then moved for attorney's fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). The district court denied the motion. The…
Date: August 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2920
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit held that the transferee court has jurisdiction to resolve a motion to reduce sentence under the First Step Act of 2018 when the offender is serving a term of supervised release and the sentencing…
Date: August 19, 2020
Docket Number: 18-2360
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2016, plaintiff filed a pro se damages action asserting equal protection and First Amendment claims arising out of his grievances stemming from his transfer to FPC Yankton where he was denied permission to possess an…
Date: August 19, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3197
Justia Opinion Summary: After unfavorable comments were posted about Test Prep, the company and its owner filed suit against several defendants, including Allnurses and its founder and a user. Test Prep alleged claims sounding in defamation,…
Date: August 19, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1815
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal, based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction, of plaintiff's suit against the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), alleging that the VA provided…
Date: August 19, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2429
Justia Opinion Summary: POET petitioned for review of a letter from the Assistant Administrator of the EPA, contending that the letter embodies the EPA's final decision to deny POET's application to generate D3 Renewable Identification Numbers…
Date: August 19, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2574
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. Defendant challenges, among other things, the district…
Date: August 19, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3226
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant challenged his 336-month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to producing child pornography. The district court subsequently amended the original judgment to include the specific case numbers. The court…
Date: August 17, 2020
Docket Number: 18-2900
Justia Opinion Summary: FEI, Crop Venture's successor-in-interest, filed suit alleging that the individual defendants took proprietary information they developed at Crop Ventures after they left the company and co-founded Farmobile (the…
Date: August 17, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-3519, 18-3520, 18-3554
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to officers in an 42 U.S.C. 1983 action alleging that the officers used excessive force against plaintiff after he led them on a high speed…
Date: August 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1282
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact involving a child less than 12 years-old. The court held that the district court did not err by denying defendant's motion for…
Date: August 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1414
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Air Evac in an action brought by plaintiff, alleging unpaid overtime wages in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The…
Date: August 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Travelex filed suit against defendant to enforce an alleged agreement restricting her ability to compete with Travelex by soliciting business from certain customers. The district court granted partial summary judgment in…
Date: August 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2342
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for bank robbery. The court held that the district court did not err by denying defendant's motion to suppress statements where the special agent attempted to give…
Date: August 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2512
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to police officers and the city in an action alleging claims arising under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and Minnesota state law after officers entered…
Date: August 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2679
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of two counts of murder-for-hire. The court upheld the jury's verdict rejecting defendant's entrapment defense where defendant did not produce sufficient evidence that…
Date: August 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1436
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's action seeking both a declaration that the State of Missouri's grand jury secrecy laws are an unconstitutional abridgement of free speech as…
Date: August 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2206
Justia Opinion Summary: MPAY, a Massachusetts corporation that develops and owns payroll-processing software that it licenses to its customers, appealed the district court's denial of its motion for a preliminary injunction against appellees.…
Date: August 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2304
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for second-degree murder. The court held that the district court did not commit clear error in denying the Batson challenge where the reason proffered for…
Date: August 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3251
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment charging defendant with illegal reentry in the United States. The court held that an alien may not collaterally…
Date: August 13, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1263
Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and filing a false tax return, he unsuccessfully tried to withdraw his plea. The Eighth Circuit affirmed and held that defendant failed to show…
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1584
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for distribution of child pornography and possession of a visual depiction involving a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The court held that photographs of…
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1773
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's final order affirming the IJ's order of removal. Petitioner and her son, natives and citizens of El Salvador, filed an application for asylum, withholding of…
Date: August 11, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-2800, 18-2877
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed Defendants Ross and King's convictions and sentences for multiple federal charges arising from the carjacking, kidnapping, and murder of Jaime Patton. Jaime was abducted in his Jeep Patriot…
Date: August 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1742
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254 where petitioner raised two grounds for relief under the Sixth Amendment. Petitioner was convicted…
Date: August 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2077
Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and completed his initial prison sentence, defendant violated the terms of his supervised release. The district court resentenced defendant to one year in…
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-1814, 18-3302, 18-3304
Justia Opinion Summary: In these consolidated appeals, Defendants Luna, Forthun, and Hussein were convicted of charges related to their membership in a recruitment-and-kickback scheme involving car-accident victims, a chiropractic clinic, and…
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 17-2879
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants appealed the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of four state laws that regulate abortion: the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act, the Sex…
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-2926
Justia Opinion Summary: PCMA filed suit claiming that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Medicare Part D), preempt two sections of the…
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2182
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base. The court rejected defendant's claim that the district court abused its discretion by…
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3219
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). The court held that the undisputed facts taken together…
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 20-6005
Justia Opinion Summary: Luxfer appealed the bankruptcy court's decision that payments to Luxfer were not protected by the ordinary course of business defense to a preference action. The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel held that it cannot make the…
Date: August 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3751
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of…
Date: August 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1701
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's order declining to impose a reduced sentence under the First Step Act of 2018. The court rejected defendant's suggestion that the district court mistakenly deemed him…
Date: August 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1770
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, Arkansas prisoners who are or were on death row for capital murder convictions, filed suit alleging that Arkansas' method of execution violated the Eighth Amendment. Plaintiffs served subpoenas on several…
Date: August 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1955
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against two police officers, alleging claims of excessive force under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Plaintiff's claims arose from the officers' response from a caller regarding two highly intoxicated individuals…
Date: August 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2106
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm as a previously convicted felon. The court held that the district court did not err by declining to accept defendant's proposed…
Date: August 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2637
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff was injured after being thrown from his ATV when its right wheel came off, he filed suit against DTG, the manufacturer of the wheel, seeking redress for his injuries. The complaint alleged causes of…
Date: August 5, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2508
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against O.J.'s Cafe under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), alleging that the slopes in the restaurant's parking lot deprived him of full and equal enjoyment of the facility. The restaurant…
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1938
Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute cocaine base and heroin, he was sentenced to a below-Guidelines sentence of 160 months' imprisonment. The Eighth Circuit held that the district…
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1991
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of Kinsale's motion to dismiss actions brought by TMI for breach of an indemnity policy. TMI bought a liability insurance policy from Kinsale and the policy excluded…
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2064
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of habeas relief to petitioner, who was convicted of one count of first degree murder and two counts of attempted first degree murder. In this case, the Minnesota…
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2507
Justia Opinion Summary: After Mark Ivey died while in jail, Mark's father (plaintiff) filed suit under Missouri's wrongful death statute against three jail employees under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging claims of deliberate indifference to Mark's…
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3007
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against JJSC for discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), alleging that the company denied him full and equal access to one of its service and gas stations. After removal to…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3550
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit denied petitions for review of the BIA's final order of removal denying petitioner's application for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). As a preliminary matter, the court…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1230
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff was assaulted by another inmate with a wooden board at a correctional facility, he suffered head injuries that require life-long medical treatment and has developed a seizure disorder. Plaintiff filed a…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1290
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and his wife filed suit against Assist American for defamation after the organization published a case study in a travel and insurance magazine concerning an injury plaintiff suffered. The district court…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1906
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to knowingly receiving a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The court held that the district court did not…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2355
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's challenge to the Commissioner's denial of her application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. The court held that…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2425
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's order dismissing petitioner's appeal from an IJ's decision denying deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). As a preliminary matter, the…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2689
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a sentence reduction under the First Step Act of 2018. Defendant was originally sentenced to 353 months' imprisonment for three counts of Hobbs Act robbery and…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2905
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of BNSF in an action brought by plaintiff, alleging a claim of retaliation for engaging in protected activity under the Federal Railroad…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-3163, 19-3461
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed Defendants McSmith and Teagues' sentences for drug-related offenses. The court held that the district court properly calculated the drug quantity under USSG 2D1.1; the district court correctly…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3359
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's eight year sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that the district court did not clearly err in finding that…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 20-2410
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit challenging Section 204D.13(2) of the Minnesota Statutes, which requires that major party candidates be listed on the ballot in reverse order of the parties' electoral showing in the last general…
Date: July 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3745
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for 14 counts of aiding and abetting wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and six counts of aiding and abetting securities fraud. Defendant's…
Date: July 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2255
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal of the union's claims against Trane concerning an arbitration award. In this case, the June Award indicated that the arbitrator did not intend for it to be final…
Date: July 29, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3255
Justia Opinion Summary: Independent of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Minnesota has adopted an "open enrollment" process that allows a parent to enroll a student in a school outside of the student's local district.…
Date: July 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2174
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a member of the Board of Directors of Eagle Forum, filed suit against Eagle Forum and others, alleging violations of the organization's bylaws and breach of fiduciary duties in connection with the…
Date: July 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-2543
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, participants in Target's employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), filed suit against Target and its senior executives, alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The Eighth…
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-2781
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's order dismissing plaintiffs' second amended complaint brought under sections 409 and 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), against Wells Fargo and…
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1326
Justia Opinion Summary: Northern filed a quiet-title action in federal court against EOG over a dispute regarding the parties' competing interests in mineral rights in North Dakota. Northern and EOG both lease oil and gas rights, and their…
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1723
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress and defendant's conviction for one count of arson related to a fire at a trailer home. In regard to the motion to suppress, the…
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1807
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence and defendant's sentence for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In regard to the motion to suppress,…
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2515
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit vacated the district court's denial of defendant's motion for a sentence reduction, holding that the district court erred in relying on a drug-quantity figure that did not match what was attributed to…
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3021
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion for a new trial based on newly-discovered evidence. The court held that the district court did not clearly err in denying the motion without a…
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-2897
Justia Opinion Summary: After a nitric acid manufacturing plant operated by Dyno emitted a cloud of nitric oxides engulfing workers, including plaintiff, plaintiff and his wife filed a negligence action against Dyno. The district court applied…
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1620
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 180 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Hobbs Act by robbery, and one count of discharging a firearm during the commission of the robbery.…
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1737
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment after defendant pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. The court upheld the district court's denial of defendant's motion to…
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2003
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Boechler's petition for review of a notice of determination from the Commissioner of the IRS based on lack of jurisdiction. Under 26 U.S.C. 6330(d)(1), a…
Date: July 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1210
Justia Opinion Summary: Red Cloud’s son, D.K.E., was born on August 20, 2014. Red Cloud was 20 years old; D.K.E.’s mother, J.K.E., was 15. On October 11, the baby was found not breathing. The autopsy reported the cause of death as…
Date: July 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1563
Justia Opinion Summary: Ivers filed a lawsuit against a life insurance company. Judge Wright granted the company summary judgment on all but one claim. Ivers mailed Judge Wright a packet of court-related materials on which Ivers had written…
Date: July 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1714
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2001, Shire, a citizen of Somalia, was lawfully admitted to the U.S. as a refugee; in 2004, he obtained lawful permanent resident status. In 2006, Shire pled guilty to two drug offenses and was sentenced to 170 days'…
Date: July 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1862
Justia Opinion Summary: After arriving in North Dakota, Myers supplied Volz and Kramer with heroin. After their third purchase, they smoked the heroin and lost consciousness. Kramer was unable to awaken Volz. Paramedics were unable to revive…
Date: July 23, 2020
Docket Number: 20-2095
Justia Opinion Summary: AVF is sponsoring a ballot initiative to amend the Arkansas Constitution’s redistricting provisions and began circulating a petition during the COVID–19 pandemic. The Arkansas Constitution and statutes require canvassers…
Date: July 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2752
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 57 month sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute less than 50 kilograms of marijuana. The court held that the district court…
Date: July 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3051
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 292 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 1,000 grams or more of heroin. The court held that the district court did not clearly err in finding…
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1017
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for six drug-related offenses. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and…
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1422
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. Defendant was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The court…
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1647
Justia Opinion Summary: LM filed suit against Newt Marine for breach of contract, alleging that Newt Marine wrongfully refused to pay premiums owed under three separate workers' compensation insurance policies. The Eighth Circuit affirmed…
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1945
Justia Opinion Summary: After Slawson entered into an oil and gas exploration and production agreement with TPC, TPC's successor-in-interest filed for bankruptcy. Slawson then filed a proof of claim seeking payment, pursuant to the Promote…
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-2109, 19-2165
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Basic appealed his conspiracy conviction and the district court's drug-quantity determination, and Defendant Shaw appealed the drug-quantity determination and an obstruction-of-justice enhancement applied to…
Date: July 17, 2020
Docket Number: 18-2976
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that the common law knock-and-announce rule does not apply when officers enter an open door and…
Date: July 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2331
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of receipt of child pornography and the denial of defendant's motion to suppress. In this case, law enforcement officers seized and searched defendant's devices under…
Date: July 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2684
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after she pleaded guilty to nine counts of wire fraud, two counts of tax evasion, and one count of making and subscribing a false tax return. The court held that…
Date: July 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3498
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion for compassionate release under Section 603(b) of the First Step Act. Defendant was convicted of four counts of wire fraud and one count of…
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3660
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 defendant's three prior Minnesota first degree aggravated robbery…
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1416
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's award of summary judgment to Mid-Century in an insurance coverage dispute over the amount Mid-Century owed plaintiff after her husband was struck and killed by an…
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1516
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for drug trafficking and firearms offenses. The court rejected defendant's contention that he was convicted in violation of his rights under the Sixth…
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2612
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against defendant for negligently crossing the highway's center line and sideswiping plaintiff's motorcycle. After the jury awarded plaintiff $7,000, the district court denied plaintiff's motion for…
Date: July 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2420
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's revocation sentence after he violated the terms of his supervised release. The court held that a revocation sentence under 18 U.S.C. 3583(e) does not violate defendant's…
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3743
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging a sex discrimination claim for a failure to promote against the County of Wright and the Wright County Sheriff's Department under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Minnesota…
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1705
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a putative class action, asserting breach of contract claims under Iowa law and breach of fiduciary duty claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), based on allegations that…
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2197
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of ammunition. The court held that defendant failed to meet his burden to prove that his substantial rights were affected by…
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2055
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence. The court applied the Supreme Court's analysis in…
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-2317
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal stemmed from a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) dispute between the parties where an arbitrator resolved the dispute in favor of the union. The Eighth Circuit held that because the arbitrator was…
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-3177
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 err by applying a four-level enhancement for…
Date: July 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-3379
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against a police officer under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that the officer used excessive force and seeking damages for injuries sustained during plaintiff's arrest. The district court denied the…
Date: July 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1040
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for conspiracy to retaliate against a witness. The court held that a reasonable jury could believe that defendant and her…
Date: July 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-1169
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income to plaintiff. The court held that the ALJ properly weighed the opinions of medical professionals, including a…
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