Category: Take the Fifth

October 7, 2025, opinions

October 8, 2025

Designated for publication Jones, J. (Elrod, Jones, Stewart) (oral argument), equal protection clause, First Amendment, Commerce Clause Affirming in part and reversing in part district court’s summary judgment finding city’s short-term rental regulations constitutional, and remanding for further proceedings. The Fifth Circuit reviewed New Orleans’s regulation of short-term rentals (STRs)—defined as rentals of fewer than … More October 7, 2025, opinions

October 6, 2025, opinions

October 7, 2025

Designated for publication per curiam (en banc); en banc, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, ripeness, standing, sovereign immunity Granting en banc rehearing of June 20, 2025, panel opinion (Dennis, Haynes, Ramirez; Dennis, J., concurring) affirming district court judgment of facial unconstitutionality and preliminary injunction of state law requiring display of Ten Commandments in … More October 6, 2025, opinions

October 3, 2025, opinions

October 5, 2025

Designated for publication Southwick, J. (Higginbotham, Jones, Southwick) (oral argument), insurance Affirming dismissal of claims that insurance company’s cancelation procedures did not comply with Louisiana statutory requirements and breached the duty of good faith and fair dealing. The Fifth Circuit considered whether GoAuto Insurance and its premium finance company, APAC, complied with Louisiana’s statute governing … More October 3, 2025, opinions

October 1-2, 2025, opinions

October 3, 2025

Designated for publication per curiam (Stewart, Dennis, Haynes) (oral argument), criminal, evidence, sufficiency of evidence, sentencing Affirming conviction and 293-month sentence for drug trafficking and distribution offenses and possession of child pornography. Sean Shaughnessy appealed his conviction and sentence after a jury found him guilty of two drug-conspiracy counts, one drug-distribution count, and one count … More October 1-2, 2025, opinions

Annual statistics: October 2024 – September 2025

October 2, 2025

At the end of each month, we tally various statistics from opinions released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Then, corresponding to the traditional court term start date of October 1 (using the court term employed by the Supreme Court, though the Fifth Circuit itself compiles statistics on a July-to-June year), … More Annual statistics: October 2024 – September 2025

September 29, 2025, opinions

September 30, 2025

Designated for publication Richman, J. (Richman, Haynes, Graves), prisoner suit, qualified immunity Reversing denial of qualified immunity to prison official defendants on inmate’s claims that prison official defendants unlawfully confiscated his earnings from sale of leather belts at Angola Prison Rodeo and deprived him of due process. Gregory Savage, an inmate at Angola Prison, sued … More September 29, 2025, opinions

September 24-26, 2025, opinions

September 29, 2025

Unpublished decisions per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per curiam (King, Haynes, Ho), civil Affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s pro se civil complaint, with no description of claims or appeal issue involved. per curiam (Jones, Duncan, Douglas), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per curiam … More September 24-26, 2025, opinions