5th Circuit (incl. bankruptcy)

The United States Fifth Circuit includes three states: Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The Federal Circuit Court for the Fifth District is the John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building, in New Orleans, LA. The Districts include: the Eastern/Middle/Western Districts of Louisiana, and Northern/Southern districts of Mississippi. Texas is broken down into the Northern/Southern/Eastern/Western districts. 

The Circuit Court is in New Orleans as is the Eastern District court in Louisiana. The Western District court of appeals is in Shreveport, and middle district is in Baton Rouge. The Northern district court in Mississippi is in Oxford and Southern District in Jackson. The Texas courts are as follows: Eastern District is in Beaumont, Northern District in Dallas, Southern District in Houston, and Western District appeals court is in San Antonio, TX. The Panama Canal Circle was also added to the Fifth Circuit in June of 1948.

The Fifth District currently seats 17 active judges, and 9 senior judges are appointed to the bench. Carl E. Stewart is the Chief Justice for the Fifth District Circuit Court System. The 1950s marked an important period in the circuit’s history. With several civil-rights movements litigation, of African-Americans being of prime-focus, “The Fifth Circuit Four” comprising of Chief Judge Elbert Tuttle, John Minor Wisdom, John Brown, and Richard Rives, marked an important period in US History and the advancement of civil-rights movements in later years.

Dixon v. Alabama (1960) was one such case which benefited from “The Fifth Circuit Four” civil-rights cases in the 1950s. This case marked the end of the doctrine which allowed colleges/universities to act in loco parentis in disciplining or expelling students. The case set the precedent in Due Process rights being afforded to students in higher-educational settings. Students must be afforded the “minimal” due process rights, prior to being expelled from universities.

The National Law Review covers a broad range of content coming out of the Fifth Circuit. Among the content covered is NLRB news and agency/administrative news, FCA (False Claims Act) legislation and employee rights in the workplace, overtime legislation, DOL, DoD, EEOC, and other agency-rights groups cases and stories are covered. The National Law Review also includes general content relating to appointments, nominations, administrative decisions, immigration, DACA, USCIS, and other regulatory agency/bodies cases, which are of high importance, or cases which are currently being litigated under these categories at the present time.

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Oct
8
2010
Fifth Circuit Update: En Banc Issues And New Cases Hunton Andrews Kurth
Sep
18
2010
Class Action Defense Cases–Hershey v. Energy Transfer Partners: Fifth Circuit Court Affirms Dismissal Of Class Action Complaint Under Commodities Exchange Act Holding Plaintiffs Failed To Adequately Allege Specific Intent Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell LLP
Sep
17
2010
This Week in the Fifth Circuit Hunton Andrews Kurth
Sep
13
2010
This Week in the Fifth Circuit Hunton Andrews Kurth
Aug
25
2010
Jackson v. Tanfoglio Giuseppe S.R.L.: No Jurisdiction Over Non-Manufacturer Hunton Andrews Kurth
Aug
16
2010
Choice Healthcare v. Kaiser Foundation: Member Choices Don't Create Jurisdiction Over Health Insurer Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jul
22
2010
MGE UPS Systems v. GE Consumer Industrial: A Trade Secrets Win With No Damages Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jul
20
2010
Willow Bend v. Downtown ABQ Partners: Tethering Personal Jurisdiction To The Substantive Law Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jul
18
2010
United States District Court For The Southern District Of Texas Deprives Battlefield Contractors Of The Protections Of The Defense Base Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
24
2010
Texas Values Clash in Noncompete Case High Court Agrees to Hear Ford & Harrison LLP
May
21
2010
Lenders Beware: The Threat of Equitable Subordination in Bankruptcy Cases Poyner Spruill LLP
Apr
30
2010
Insured Versus Insured Provision Bars Coverage Goldberg Segalla LLP
Apr
29
2010
What Lenders Should Know Before Dismissing a Foreclosure Complaint Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
27
2010
Fifth Circuit Decides Expedited Appeal - Affirms Duty to Defend Stanford Defendants Goldberg Segalla LLP
Mar
27
2010
Insurer’s Post-Litigation Conduct Leads to Charge of Bad Faith “The Remnants of Hurricane Katrina” Johnson & Bell Ltd.
Mar
26
2010
Receivers at the Crossroads: Fees May Be at Risk in Bankruptcy Cases Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
19
2010
Insurer Required to Defend Directors and Officers Against Ponzi Claims (Pendergest-Holt v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London) Goldberg Segalla LLP
Nov
8
2009
Global Warming Litigation and the Ghost of Mrs. Palsgraf - Why Carbon-Heavy Entities Should Be Scared of Both Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
 

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