5th Circuit Court

Privilege doesn’t protect law firm’s client information from IRS summons, 5th Circuit says

A Texas law firm has to comply with an Internal Revenue Service summons seeking information about any clients that created overseas accounts and entities, according to a federal appeals court.

Apr 28, 2020 2:34 PM CDT

5th Circuit refuses to toss suit against prosecutors accused of using fake subpoenas

Prosecutors in New Orleans aren’t entitled to dismissal of a lawsuit claiming that they issued fake subpoenas to pressure crime victims and witnesses to meet with them.

Apr 24, 2020 11:14 AM CDT

In new opinion, 5th Circuit halts medication abortions in Texas under nonessential surgery ban

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans reinstated a ban Monday on medication abortions in Texas under the governor’s order banning nonessential surgeries during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Apr 21, 2020 10:18 AM CDT

Texas abortion providers withdraw Supreme Court petition after new 5th Circuit decision

Abortion providers in Texas have withdrawn a Supreme Court application to allow medication abortions to continue in the state after a federal appeals court granted the relief that they sought.

Apr 15, 2020 9:54 AM CDT

Emergency petition asks Supreme Court to allow medication abortions in Texas

Abortion providers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow medication abortions in Texas through 10 weeks of pregnancy.

Apr 13, 2020 12:19 PM CDT

5th Circuit allows Texas to enforce abortion ban during pending appeal

A federal appeals court is allowing Texas to enforce its pandemic-related abortion ban until the state’s arguments can be considered.

Apr 1, 2020 10:04 AM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: Reform group backs cost metric in law school rankings; California suspends jury trials

US News’ ranking methodology is the cheese for law school rat race, report says The U.S. News & World Report’s annual law school rankings rely on categories including law school expenditures per student, peer assessment and selectivity in admissions. The valuation should include an “efficiency metric” that encourages getting as…

Mar 24, 2020 4:45 PM CDT

SCOTUS agrees to review ruling that struck down Affordable Care Act

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.

Mar 2, 2020 1:55 PM CST

Supreme Court bars damages suit for border agent’s cross-border shooting that killed Mexican teen

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the family of a Mexican teen fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent can’t sue for damages over the cross-border shooting.

Feb 25, 2020 12:01 PM CST

Cop who left incoherent man at county border isn’t liable for death, 5th Circuit says in substitute opinion

The Louisiana-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has withdrawn a July opinion finding a Mississippi sheriffs' deputy could be liable for dropping a mentally disabled man at the county border, where he was later struck and killed by a car.

Feb 24, 2020 11:50 AM CST

5th Circuit blocks Mississippi’s ban on abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected

For the second time in a little more than two months’ time, a federal appeals court has blocked a Mississippi law restricting abortion.

Feb 21, 2020 11:18 AM CST

Recent changes in SCOTUS raise the stakes in upcoming abortion case

Every abortion case that reaches the U.S. Supreme Court has high stakes. The case that the justices will hear on March 4 is all the more momentous because of recent changes on the court.

Feb 20, 2020 1:05 PM CST

5th Circuit withdraws opinion in which Trump appointee criticized lawyer for appeal to gay bias

An appeals court has withdrawn an opinion in which a Trump judicial appointee added a footnote criticizing a Mississippi lawyer for appearing to appeal to gay prejudice.

Feb 20, 2020 9:56 AM CST

Trump judicial appointee’s footnote gets noticed for his stand against homophobic arguments

A Trump judicial appointee on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans is getting noticed for a footnote in which he took a stand against homophobic legal arguments.

Feb 10, 2020 1:12 PM CST

Chemerinsky: Stakes are high as SCOTUS considers 2 major abortion cases

The abortion cases being heard March 4 are are the first to come before the court since Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh have joined the bench. The decisions in these cases may signal the future of abortion rights in the United States.

Jan 29, 2020 6:30 AM CST