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Unpublished decisions per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.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

September 23, 2025, opinions

September 24, 2025

Designated for publication Higginson, J. (Higginson, Willett, Engelhardt), takings Affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s inverse condemnation claim against City, dismissal of Declaratory Judgment Act claim, and remand of breach of contract and other claims to state court. The plaintiffs, a group of developers, contracted with the City of Mesquite to carry out public improvement projects, including … More September 23, 2025, opinions

September 22, 2025, opinions

September 23, 2025

Designated for publication Higginson, J. (Smith, Higginson, Douglas), Smith, J., dissenting; Clean Air Act, administrative law Denying petition for review of EPA final rule rejecting Texas’s Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan under the “Good Neighbor” rule. The Fifth Circuit denied Texas’s petition challenging EPA’s 2016 disapproval of Texas’s “Good Neighbor” SIP for the 2008 … More September 22, 2025, opinions

September 19, 2025, opinions

September 22, 2025

Designated for publication Graves, J. (Elrod, Graves, Higginson), sec. 1983, death penalty Affirming dismissal of Texas capital inmate’s sec. 1983 claim that Texas’s post-conviction relief procedures are unconstitutional, and denying motions for a stay of execution and for leave to file a successive habeas petition. Blaine Keith Milam was convicted in Texas of murdering his … More September 19, 2025, opinions