Case law

Merriott v. City of Bossier City

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Jun 25, 2026

Brown v. Taylor, 911 F.3d 235, 242 (5th Cir. 2018) (per curiam) (quoting Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)). … Terrebonne Ass’n for Retarded _____________________ 19 Appellees argue that no meeting occurred under Brown v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, 405 So.2d 1148 (La. Ct. App. 1981).

Marilyn Inc. v. Evans

803 F.2d 1383 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Nov 10, 1986

s license 4 Honig v. Students of the California School for the Blind, 471 U.S. 148, 149 , 105 S.Ct. 1820, 1821 , 85 L.Ed.2d 114, 116 (1985); see also Brown v. … See, e.g., Gaylord Broadcasting Co. v. Cosmos Broadcasting Corp., 746 F.2d 251 (5th Cir.1984); Brown v. New Orleans Clerks and Checkers Union Local No. 1497, 590 F.2d 161, 165 (5th Cir.1979); Gjertsen v.

Erica Sheppard v. Lorie Davis, Director

967 F.3d 458 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Jul 22, 2020

Here, Brown disregarded his duty to make a “thorough investigation of law and facts relevant to plausible options.” Mejia v. Davis, 906 F.3d 307, 316 (5th Cir. 2018) (quoting Rhoades v. … In much the same way, Brown’s representation at the sentencing phase of Shep- pard’s trial was constitutionally deficient. See, e.g., Porter v.

United States v. Lonnie M. Brown, Robert L. Newsome, James B. Finney, Julian E. Seymour, Jr., and Benjamin Clyde Cranford, Jr.

555 F.2d 407 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Aug 24, 1977

United States v. … In Bouie v.

United States v. Carroll County Board of Education v. Linwood Woodson, Louise P. Holmes, Proposed Intervenors-Appellants

427 F.2d 141 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Jun 1, 1970

Mark Cowart v. Erwin

837 F.3d 444 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Sep 13, 2016

(emphasis in original). 17 Id. at 302. 18 The inmate handbook similarly provides “If you disagree with the Board’s findings, you may appeal to the Chief Deputy, Office of Inmate Housing.” 19 Cantwell v. … Cty., 759 F.3d 468, 479 & n.27 (5th Cir. 2014) (citing pre-2009 cases holding that the use of force against a nonresisting inmate violates the Eighth Amendment); Brown v.

Litton Systems, Inc. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

539 F.2d 418 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Sep 23, 1976

See Parker v. Brown, 1943, 317 U.S. 341 , 63 S.Ct. 307 , 87 L.Ed. 315 . … Parker v. Brown involved a state scheme regulating the raisin industry.

W & T Offshore, Incorporated v. David Bernhardt, e

946 F.3d 227 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Dec 23, 2019

Co. v. United States, 775 F.3d 743, 751 (5th Cir. 2015) (quoting FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 529 U.S. 120, 133 (2000)). … Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Johnson, 22 F.3d 616, 619 (5th Cir. 1994) (quoting Brown Express, Inc. v. United States, 607 F.2d 695, 700 (5th Cir. 1979)), modified on other grounds, No. 93-1377, 1994 WL 484506 (5th Cir.

Sherling v. Townley

464 F.2d 587 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Jul 25, 1972

to wear his hair longer than prescribed by the rigid requirements of the school board?” … *589 I first faced this issue in the case of Ferrell v.

Douglas Glynn Payton, Administrator of the Estate of Sheryl Lynn Payton, Deceased v. The United States of America

636 F.2d 132 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Feb 2, 1981

Crawford, 599 F.2d 666, 668-70 (5th Cir. 1979); Brown v. Lundgren, 528 F.2d 1050, 1055 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 917 , 97 S.Ct. 308 , 50 L.Ed.2d 283 (1976); Pate v. Ala. … See also Brown v. Lundgren, 528 F.2d 1050, 1055 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 917 , 97 S.Ct. 308 , 50 L.Ed.2d 283 (1976). 21 . See Project, supra note 11, at 829-30, 831-833, n.103 & 104, 833-34, n.107 & 109. 22 .

King v. Board of Regents

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Jun 21, 2000

Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Regents of Texas Southern University; JAMES M. … King filed her original complaint in February 1997, against the Board of Regents of Texas Southern University and various individual defendants in both their official and individual capacities.

Mallard v. Aluminum Co. of Canada

634 F.2d 236 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Jan 15, 1981

Each board was further inspected by ALCAN as it was laid and any boards which the stevedore determined to be damaged were discarded and replaced with new plywood. … Charente Steamship Co., Ltd., 572 F.2d 498 (5th Cir. 1978); Brown v. Mitsubishi Shintaku Ginko, 550 F.2d 331 (5th Cir. 1977); Lemon v. Bank Lines Ltd., 449 F.Supp. 1016 (S.D. Ga.1978).

Development Corporation of America, Inc. v. United Bonding Insurance Company

413 F.2d 823 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Jul 30, 1969

BROWN, Chief Judge: In this Florida diversity case, Plaintiff Development Corporation of America [DCA], sued on a performance bond issued by United Bonding Insurance Company [United] to secure the performance of a contract … Co. v. Robuck, Fla.Dist.Ct.App., 1967, 203 So.2d 204 , cert. denied, Fla., 209 So.2d 672 ; 212 So. 2d 869 ; Lambert v. Heaton, Fla.Dist.Ct. App., 1961, 134 So.2d 536 ; Phoenix Indem. Co. v.

Odessa L. Reeves, Cross-Appellee v. Claiborne County Board of Education, and John C. Noble Cross-Appellant

828 F.2d 1096 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Oct 5, 1987

Healthy City Board of Education v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274 , 97 S.Ct. 568 , 50 L.Ed.2d 471 (1977). The initial inquiry under the Mt. … Bueno v. City of Donna, 714 F.2d 484, 495 (5th Cir.1983) (discharge); Bickel v. Burkhart, 632 F.2d 1251 (5th Cir.1980) (denial of promotion); McGill v. Board of Education, 602 F.2d 774 (7th Cir.1979) (transfer).

Francis J. Everhart, M.D. v. Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 and East Jefferson Hospital Board

757 F.2d 1567 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Apr 22, 1985

In Knight v. … Foster v. Mobile County Hospital Board, supra, 398 F.2d [227] at 230.

Board of Com'rs of Muddy Bottom Swamp Land Dist. No. 1 v. Equitable Surety Co.

246 F. 633 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Dec 18, 1917

Equitable Surety Co. v. Board of Commissioners, 231 Fed. 33 , 145 C. C. A. 221 . The pending writ of error presents for review a judgment in favor of the defendant, rendered on a verdict which the court directed.

United States v. Vicknair

610 F.2d 372 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Jan 25, 1980

They then boarded the vessel and conducted a search that the government concedes was illegal. … As later stated by the Supreme Court in Brown v.

National Labor Relations Board v. Itasca Cotton Mfg. Co. National Labor Relations Board v. Hicks-Hayward Co. National Labor Relations Board v. Hillsboro Cotton Mills. National Labor Relations Board v. Vanette Hosiery Mills

179 F.2d 504 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Jan 30, 1950

179 F.2d 504 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. ITASCA COTTON MFG. CO. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. HICKS-HAYWARD CO. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. HILLSBORO COTTON MILLS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. … fixing a time within which to file and/or serve notice of charges, rather than a jurisdictional statute, limiting the complaint power of the Board. 15 In United States v.

Deloach v. Rogers

268 F.2d 928 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Jul 30, 1959

McGuire v. Todd, 5 Cir., 1952, 198 F.2d 60, 63 , certiorari denied 344 U.S. 835 , 73 S.Ct. 44 , 97 L.Ed. 650 . See Simmons v. Whitaker, 5 Cir., 1958, 252 F.2d 224 , and the authorities there cited. … Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 , 74 S.Ct. 686 , 98 L.Ed. 873 , 38 A.L.R.2d 1180 ; Hernandez v. State of Texas, 347 U.S. 475 , 74 S.Ct. 667 , 98 L.Ed. 866 ; Williams v.

United States v. Lynden Brown

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Aug 6, 2019

Whatever the merits of the constitutional issue, these arguments—as Brown acknowledges—are foreclosed by binding precedent. United States v. Alcantar, 733 F.3d 143, 146 (5th Cir. 2013); United States v. … However, this court, in United States v.