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US v Davalos: #5thCir affirms denial of motion to suppress #gun found in warrantless search of car parked in driveway: no need to analyze curtilage issue because exigent circumstances/probable cause existed #4thAmendment #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4tgEdpN
30.01.2026 16:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
US v Lockhart: #5thCir affirms denial of writ of coram nobis: court had jurisdiction to consider challenge to restitution order, but unjustified 6-yr delay in seeking relief amounted to failure to exercise reasonable diligence #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4qR6hhO
30.01.2026 15:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
US v Horton: #5thCir denies #rehearing, issues new opinion affirming 224-mo upward variance for dealer of #fentanyl-laced Percoset pills that contributed to death #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4bJgJ6r
29.01.2026 13:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
US v Hembree: #5thCir reverses felon-in-possession conviction, finds #2ndAmendment violation as applied to defendant w/single predicate felony offense of simple possession of meth #concur #guns #Bruen #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3Me1Oqh
28.01.2026 19:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Police Jury of Calcasieu Parish v Indian Harbor: #5thCir finds no subject matter #jurisdiction for claims against domestic surplus lines insurers: Convention didn't apply in light of contract allocation endorsement #insurance #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3NMEuAo
28.01.2026 18:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trinseo v Harper: #5thCir affirms JNOV vacating $75M jury award on trade secret misappropriation for failure to apportion value of individual secrets, affirms summary jm on confidential info misappropriation & injunction #DTSA #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/468OI4j
22.01.2026 16:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sirius Solutions v CIR: #5thCir vacates upward adjustment on self-employment net earnings: "limited partner" in 1402(a)(13) isn't only passive investor, refers to partner in limited partnership that has limited liability #dissent #taxes #appellatesky baffc.net/49Dhmvl
17.01.2026 18:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Doe v #HHS: #5thCir reverses dismissal of #APA claim by medical doctor seeking removal of adverse action report in national practitioner database: HHS's change in position violated #Chenery #concur #dissent #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4r2BnTq
17.01.2026 18:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Genesis Marine v Darrow: #5thCir affirms summary judgment for injured tankerman holding vessel owner's limitation suit (seeking cap at $12.5M vessel value) was untimely #maritimelaw #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3NoionI
17.01.2026 17:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fuentes-Pineda v Bondi: #5thCir denies review of #BIA denial of deferral of removal under CAT for #ElSalvador native who was #gang member convicted of murder, rejecting arguments re harsh prison conditions/torture #immigration #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/45ghIa5
15.01.2026 20:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
STEJN v TCEQ: #5thCir finds #standing, denies review of #TCEQ's rejection of challenge to 3rd extension of construction deadline for Brownsville #LNG terminal: exec director had authority; showing made for extension #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4bzMtuk
15.01.2026 20:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rx Solutions v Caremark: #5thCir affirms dismissal of federal #antitrust claims by MS #pharmacy spurned by pharmacy benefit management network, but finds diversity jurisdiction/reinstates 2 state-law claims #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/45H7pfi
15.01.2026 19:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Kewayfati v Bondi: #5thCir affirms dismissal of suits seeking review of nonfinal denials of affirmative #asylum applications for lack of final agency action under #APA, modifies dismissal to be w/o prejudice #immigration #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/49rhBLq
15.01.2026 19:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Allstate v Bhagat: #5thCir reverses dismissal of #RICO #mailfraud & state-law claims against Houston EMC defendants re agreements w/PI attorneys & billing for car accident patients #insurance #conspiracy #appellatesky #lawtsky baffc.net/45X92FJ
15.01.2026 18:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Texas v Bondi: #5thCir grants #rehearingenbanc, vacates panel opinion that rejected TX's challenge to 2023 #ConsolidatedAppropriationsAct & held #QuorumClause didn't require physical presence of US Reps at time of vote #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3LOBrqG
15.01.2026 18:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Foster v Jesel: #5thCir affirms dismissal of former @united employee's claims against #Union: claims for breach of #PSA were preempted by #RLA & filed beyond 6-mo limitations period #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/45HBDyI
14.01.2026 19:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
US v Dubois: #5thCir vacates #supervisedrelease condition: allowing probation officer to choose inpatient or outpatient substance abuse program after 10-mo sentence was impermissible delegation of sentencing power #appellatesky #lawsky #plainerror baffc.net/4bF6EXM
14.01.2026 19:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Endure v Vizient: #5thCir affirms summary judgment for defendant on issue of market definition in #antitrust case re disposable medical supplies: no genuine dispute of material fact re 2 proposed markets #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/49kIVLc
14.01.2026 18:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hershey v Bossier City: #5thCir denies panel rehearing, leaving in place splintered decision reversing dismissal of #Monell claim/affirming #qualifiedimmunity for officers/dismissal of security guards #dissent #FirstAmendment #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3Lg1Yx7
14.01.2026 18:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
US v Lowe: #5thCir affirms 2-level enhancement for distribution of material involving sexual exploitation of minor, rejects argument defendant "merely solicited" where he had sufficient degree of control over minor he coerced #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3Z9EnRI
13.01.2026 22:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Vetter v Resnick: #5thCir affirms summary judgment for plaintiffs claiming they are exclusive owners throughout the world of #copyright rights to 1960s "Double Shot" song after recapture of rights #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4qMXjl3
13.01.2026 22:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Awe v Harris Health System: #5thCir affirms summary judgment for former employer on #employmentdiscrimination claims by former chaplain: no prima facie case on #ADEA claims; no evidence of pretext on #TitleVII claim #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4ql2EjK
13.01.2026 22:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Woods v STS Services: #5thCir affirms dismissal of 3rd amended #TitleVII complaint against former employer: plaintiff didn't plead she was qualified for position & didn't take advantage of opportunity to file 4th complaint #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4qVnbvp
13.01.2026 21:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
US v Wilson: #5thCir affirms after guilty plea to unlawful possession of machine gun: conviction didn't violate #2ndAmendment (Hollis still binds); no #plainerror in 2nd-degree murder USSG cross-reference #concur #dubitante #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3LpRtHx
13.01.2026 21:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Johnson v Guerrero: #5thCir denies #rehearingenbanc 9/7 after panel allows successive #AEDPA habeas application, reaffirms #Cathey holding that claim must have some possibility of merit to be considered available #dissent #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4pAzCve
13.01.2026 20:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
US v Quintanilla-Matamoros: #5thCir vacates sentence, remands for resentencing: defendant/Honduran citizen should have been classified as tier-I sex-offender instead of tier-III in sentence for failing to register under #SORNA #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4bpsLRV
10.01.2026 16:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Perdomo v League City: #5thCir affirms #qualifiedimmunity for officer who tackled plaintiff to concrete ground after plaintiff repeatedly slammed his body into officer, as shown on video #civilrights #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4bqrXw9
08.01.2026 17:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lewis v Delgado: #5thCir reverses #qualifiedimmunity summary judgment denial: officers didn't violate clearly established law by handcuffing plaintiff for 6 minutes, during which dialysis-related stent was damaged #civilrights #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/49a7ryw
08.01.2026 16:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
US v Johnson: #5thCir reverses denial of suppression, vacates felony possession conviction: no reasonable suspicion for #warrantless search of vehicle after defendant's arrest despite presence of felon girlfriend #dissent #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3N77lPH
08.01.2026 16:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pool v Houston: #5thCir, in case w/multiple appeals, affirms order vacating attorney fee/expense award given prior panel holding no case or controversy, discusses law-of-case & rule of orderliness #appellatesky #skylaw baffc.net/4bg05L9
05.01.2026 18:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
