October 20, 2025, opinions

October 21, 2025

Unpublished decisions Richman, J. (Richman, Haynes, Duncan) (oral argument), insurance Reversing in part and affirming in part dismissal of claims against insurer for a declaration of insurer’s duty to defend and indemnify: reversing the magistrate judge’s dismissal of BPX’s duty-to-defend and duty-to-indemnify claims, vacating and remanding BPX’s declaratory judgment claim, and affirming the magistrate judge’s … More October 20, 2025, opinions

October 17, 2025, opinions

October 19, 2025

Designated for publication Stewart, J. (Jones, Stewart, Ramirez) (oral argument), criminal, sufficiency of evidence, testimony, jury instruction Affirming conviction of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and making false entries in bank records. A federal jury convicted Ashton J. Ryan, Jr.—former President/CEO of First NBC Bank and Chair of its Board—of conspiracy to commit … More October 17, 2025, opinions

October 16, 2025, opinions

October 17, 2025

Designated for publication Douglas, J. (Wiener, Douglas, Ramirez) (oral argument), Ramirez, J., dissenting; habeas corpus, speedy trial, Sixth Amendment, AEDPA Reversing denial of § 2254 petition and remanding with instructions to issue writ of habeas corpus regarding petitioner’s speedy trial claim arising from the elapsing of 1,233 days between his arrest and his state court … More October 16, 2025, opinions

October 14-15, 2025, opinions

October 16, 2025

Designated for publication Clement, J. (Clement, Engelhardt, Wilson) (oral argument), Title VII, employment discrimination, labor law, jury instructions, pleadings amendment Denying petition for en banc rehearing, but granting petition for panel rehearing and substituting a new opinion in place of the panel’s May 8, 2025, opinion; reversing the denial of Southwest’s motion for judgment as a matter of law … More October 14-15, 2025, opinions

October 10, 2025, opinions

October 13, 2025

Unpublished decisions per curiam (Smith, Higginson, Wilson) (no oral argument), habeas corpus Affirming denial of § 2241 petition filed by federal inmate serving a 280-year sentence. Higginson, J. (Southwick, Higginson, Wilson) (oral argument withdrawn), criminal, sentencing Affirming 50-month sentence on conviction of wire fraud. per curiam (Jones, Richman, Ramirez) (no oral argument), criminal, appellate jurisdiction … More October 10, 2025, opinions

October 9, 2025, opinions

October 10, 2025

Unpublished decisions per curiam (Higginbotham, Engelhardt, Ramirez) (no oral argument), criminal, sentencing Affirming 60-month sentence on conviction of illegal reentry. per curiam (Jones, Duncan, Douglas) (no oral argument), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per curiam (Richman, Southwick, Willett) (no oral argument), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per … More October 9, 2025, opinions

October 8, 2025, opinions

October 9, 2025

Designated for publication Elrod, C.J. (Elrod, Clement, Haynes) (no oral argument), Rooker-Feldman doctrine, personal tort, defamation Vacating Rooker-Feldman-based dismissal of plaintiff attorney’s defamation claims against defendant attorneys who had represented the plaintiff’s client’s employer in underlying Title IX claims brought by plaintiff’s client arising from alleged sexual assault and harassment of university students by university’s … More October 8, 2025, opinions

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