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The Fifth Circuit Has Already Issued A Stay On This Ridiculous Ruling In The NOLA Criminal Clerk Case

There are no worthwhile federal judges working in the Middle District of Louisiana at present. That’s actually been true for quite a while – the Western District of Louisiana is fu...

RICO Trade Secret Suit Can Survive In Texas, 5th Circ. Says

The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a lower court's decision dismissing a lawsuit against the head of an industrial cleaning services company over allegations that his business r...

Fifth Circuit Appeals Court ruling halts Calvin Duncan from taking office Monday

Moments after Calvin Duncan assumed his seat as Clerk of Criminal Court for Orleans Parish, a decision from a federal appeals was announced.

Full Fifth Circuit Nixes Block on Texas SB 4 — the ‘Border Crimes’ Law

In his concurrence, Judge James Ho concluded that SB 4 was within the scope of Texas’s “war power”, and thus excluded from judicial review.

U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issues stay against mail-order access to abortion pill

BATON ROUGE - A three-judge panel for the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Louisiana and issued a stay preventing access to the abortion pill Mifepristone by m...

5th Circ. Wary To Flip IP Suit's 'Case-Terminating Sanctions'

A Fifth Circuit panel seemed skeptical of a bid to undo "case-terminating sanctions" that a lower court leveled against a servicing company accused of stealing Philips North Americ...

Shocking: Fifth Circuit affirms disgorgement award based on willful infringement

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a finding of trademark infringement and unfair competition under the Lanham Act and Texas law, upholding an award of profits...

Shocking: Fifth Circuit affirms disgorgement award based on willful infringement

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a finding of trademark infringement and unfair competition under the Lanham Act and Texas law, upholding an award of profits...

Fifth Circuit split on Louisiana police buffer zone law

(CN) - A Fifth Circuit panel appeared divided Monday on the constitutionality of a Louisiana law allowing police officers to order people not to come within 25 feet of them. Act...

Ten Commandments In Schools Law Upheld, As Fifth Circuit Declares ‘Thou Shalt Not Confuse Us With Facts’

Fifth Circuit comes right out and says that their version of 'history' is not about facts. The post Ten Commandments In Schools Law Upheld, As Fifth Circuit Declares ‘Thou Shalt No...

Fifth Circuit Remands Order Dismissing Claims Brought Under Reinsurance Intermediary Authorization Agreement

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed in part and reversed in part an order dismissing plaintiff Porch.com’s breach of contract claims brought under a reinsurance interme...

5th Circuit Judge Kurt Engelhardt to Take Senior Status

Engelhardt, whom President Donald Trump elevated to the Fifth Circuit in 2018, wrote in a letter that he will retire from active service on Dec. 31 or upon confirmation of a succes...

Fifth Circuit Rules Employee’s Conduct, Not Pregnancy, Drove Firing

On May 11, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of an employer on claims of pregnancy discrimination under Title VII of the Civi...

U.S. Fifth Circuit suspends mail distribution of abortion drugs, requires in-person dispensing

A three-judge panel on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals suspended former President Joe Biden administration's 2023 Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) for mifep...

Fifth Circuit Keeps Doing Fifth Circuit Things 📉–SEAT v. Paxton

This case involves a Texas statute (Senate Bill 2420, the App Store Accountability Act) requiring app stores to age-authenticate their users and obtain parental consent (among othe...

Murrill takes abortion drug fight to U.S. Fifth Circuit

(By Chris Dickerson/Legal Newsline, via The Center Square) – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office has filed a motion with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to halt a Bi...

Texas Scores Border Security Victory With New Decision by 5th Circuit

Hey, Fifth Circuit: Keep John Leland’s Name Out of Your Mouth!

On Tuesday (April 21), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned previous rulings to say the state of Texas can force public schools to post a highly edited version of the Ten...

11th Circuit Rejects Trump II ‘Mass Detention’ Policy for Illegal Entrants

The 11th Circuit majority in Alvarez joined the Second Circuit in nixing the Trump II “mass detention” policy. That puts the 11th Circuit and its northern sister court at odds with...

5th Circ. Reverses Injunction In $4.7M Golf Cart TM Dispute

The Fifth Circuit has rejected a challenge to a Texas federal court's award of $4.7 million to a golf cart battery maker in a trademark infringement lawsuit but found that an injun...

5th Circuit Again Strikes Down HISA Enforcement Power

The 5th United States Circuit Court of Appeals again rules that the enforcement powers of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority are an unconstitutional delegation of power...

5th Circuit Panel Blocks 2023 Mifepristone Telemedicine Approval

This case will go to the Supreme Court very quickly.

Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of May 4 - 8, 2026

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Fulton v. Fulton Cnty - en banc, vacating this prior opinion, Takings Clause, remedies - Alvarez v. Fed Detention Ctr - immigration, ali...

Fifth Circuit Allows Texas to Require Public Schools to Display Ten Commandments

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court expressly abandoned the Lemon Test, which had been used by the Court to determine whether an Establishment Clause violation of the First Amendment o...