Tag: major questions doctrine

June 30, 2026, opinions

July 3, 2026

Designated for publication Duncan, J. (Jones, Duncan, Douglas), Douglas, J., dissenting (oral argument); administrative law, nondelegation doctrine, Seventh Amendment, major questions doctrine Granting petition for review of HHS enforcement order imposing fine for selling of unauthorized vaping products, and vacting decision. Texas Tobacco Barn (TTB), a Lubbock, Texas vape shop, applied for FDA premarket authorization … More June 30, 2026, opinions

June 24, 2026, opinions

June 25, 2026

Designated for publication Wilson, J. (Southwick, Graves, Wilson) (oral argument), default judgment, service of process, damages, Rule 60 Affirming denial of Rule 60(b) relief from default judgment. After a December 2021 multi-vehicle crash on I-20 in Mississippi, Cheryl Roberts and William Chambers sued KJ Win, Inc., a California-incorporated trucking company, alleging its driver negligently parked … More June 24, 2026, opinions

February 3-4, 2025, opinions

February 11, 2025

Designated for publication per curiam (Elrod, Dennis, Higginson), habeas corpus, Armed Career Criminal Act Vacating dismissal of § 2255 petition challenging ACCA-enhanced sentencing, on the basis that a new decision from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that abrogated prior Fifth Circuit precedent that Texas-law robbery by threat and aggravated robbery by threat qualified as … More February 3-4, 2025, opinions