Tag: maritime law

August 15, 2022, opinions

August 16, 2022

(While I was on vacation/college-touring around the Northeast, then dealing with the Covid gathered from somewhere in the Northeast, I tracked 5th Circuit opinions for purposes of the gathering of opinion statistics from July 20 through August 12, but those opinions are not summarized here. So, picking back up with August 15 …) Designated for … More August 15, 2022, opinions

May 11, 2022, opinions

May 25, 2022

Catching up on the blog after some non-stop over-drive briefing weeks, so both published and unpublished opinions will only contain summary disposition information and not the usual fuller descriptions. Designated for publication Badgerow v. Walters, 19-30766, appeal from E.D. La. per curiam (Jolly, Graves, Duncan), arbitration On remand from U.S. Supreme Court, reversing district court’s … More May 11, 2022, opinions

April 20, 2022, opinions

April 21, 2022

Designated for publication Vista Health Plan, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 20-50963, appeal from W.D. Tex. Wilson, J. (Higginbotham, Stewart, Wilson), Affordable Care Act, finality of judgment Withdrawing panel opinion from March 17, 2022, which affirmed district court’s summary judgment in favor of HHS defendants on plaintiff insurer’s challenge to HHS … More April 20, 2022, opinions

April 12, 2022, opinions

April 13, 2022

Designated for publication Bitco General Insurance Corp. v. Monroe Guaranty Insurance Co., 19-51012, appeal from W.D. Tex. Higginbotham, J. (Higginbotham, Jones, Higginson), insurance Affirming summary judgment that defendant insurer owed a duty to defend a commercial driller that it insured along with the plaintiff insurer under the commercial general liability policies, upon receipt of Texas … More April 12, 2022, opinions

March 19-31, 2022, opinions

April 4, 2022

(Note: While normally Take the Fifth provides more detailed summaries for opinions designated for publication and only basic disposition notes and links for unpublished opinions, because this is a catch-up post after two weeks of being away from the blog, we are just providing the links and basic disposition notes for both published and unpublished … More March 19-31, 2022, opinions

January 24-25, 2022, opinions

January 26, 2022

Designated for publication U.S. v. Garrett, 17-10516, appeal from N.D. Tex. Jolly, J. (Jolly, Jones, Southwick), criminal, sentencing, Armed Career Criminal Act On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, reinstating prior judgment reversing imposition of a lesser sentence not enhanced under the ACCA and remanding for resentencing. The panel had previously held that a prior … More January 24-25, 2022, opinions

December 15, 2021, opinions

December 16, 2021

Designated for publication Timpa v. Dillard, 20-10876, appeal from N.D. Tex. Clement, J. (Clement, Southwick, Willett), qualified immunity Reversing summary judgment on qualified immunity as to plaintiffs’ claims of excessive force, and affirming in part and reversing in part the qualified immunity summary judgment on claims of bystander liability, arising from Dallas Police Department’s killing … More December 15, 2021, opinions