March 27, 2026, opinions
March 28, 2026
Designated for publication Unpublished decisions
Take the Fifth has spawned a new Substack: “Not Taking the Fifth”
March 28, 2026
Many thanks to all of you who have found value in these posts on daily Fifth Circuit opinion releases and the monthly and annual compilations of statistics that I mine from those releases. And curses to those of you who have said, “You should have a Substack,” because now there is one. It isn’t “Take … More Take the Fifth has spawned a new Substack: “Not Taking the Fifth”
March 26, 2026, opinions
March 27, 2026
Designated for publication Unpublished decisions
March 25, 2026, opinions
March 26, 2026
Designated for publication Unpublished decisions
March 23, 2026, opinions
March 24, 2026
Designated for publication Unpublished decisions
March 20, 2026, opinions
March 23, 2026
Designated for publication Unpublished decisions
March 19, 2026, opinions
March 20, 2026
Designated for publication Unpublished decision
March 18, 2026, opinions
March 19, 2026
Designated for publication Unpublished decisions
March 17, 2026, opinions
March 18, 2026
Designated for publication Unpublished decisions
Judge E. Grady Jolly has passed away
March 18, 2026
On Monday, March 16, inactive senior-status U.S. Fifth Circuit Judge E. Grady Jolly passed away. Judge Jolly had been one of the longest-serving judges on the Fifth Circuit; he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the Senate to the Court in July 1982. While he took senior status 35 years later, in … More Judge E. Grady Jolly has passed away
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