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5th Circuit reassigns Mississippi DEI case after judge’s orders cite fabricated parties, quotations and a nonexistent ca...

Editor’s Note: A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Oct. 22, 2026, vacated a preliminary injunction that U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate had entered...

5th Circuit Judge Southwick Plans to Take Senior Status

Judge Leslie Southwick's semi-retirement gives President Donald Trump a second opportunity to fill a seat on the New Orleans-based appeals court in his second term.       

Fed. Circ. Shifts T-Mobile Patent Settlement Fight To 5th Circ.

The Federal Circuit on Friday sent an appeal from T-Mobile stemming from a patent litigation settlement to the Fifth Circuit, ruling that is proper because the Eastern District of...

Fifth Circuit questions Baton Rouge's ejection of public speakers

(CN) - Almost a decade after police hauled two Baton Rouge community leaders out of a Metro Council meeting for discussing Alton Sterling, the Fifth Circuit is now deciding whether...

5th Circ. Diverts From 9th Circ.'s Copyright Server Test

The Fifth Circuit Thursday refused to adopt what's known as the server test, which considers where online content is stored when assessing copyright liability, although it ultimate...

Louisiana presses abortion-pill challenge before Fifth Circuit

(The Center Square) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday pressed Louisiana on whether it can legally blame the Food and Drug Administration for abortion pills being mailed into t...

5th Circuit to hear University of Texas System's appeal of campus speech law injunction

SB 2972 requires public universities restrict several forms of protected speech on campus during certain times.

Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Ban on Interstate Handgun Sales

A divided Fifth Circuit panel has ruled that the federal laws blocking a direct handgun sale to an out-of-state buyer violate the Second Amendment. The September 18 opinion in Elit...

Judicial Retirement Sets Up Trump Circuit Court Nomination Showdown

by Nicole Silverio at CDN - President Donald Trump will need to appoint a judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to replace a Bush-era judge who was stepping dow...

Old Storm, New Claim: A Fifth Circuit Notice Reminder

Fifth Circuit questions Louisiana's renewed attempt to block abortion pill mailing

(CN) - A Fifth Circuit panel questioned Wednesday a request by Louisiana to block the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to allow the mailing of abortion pills. Louisi...

Full Fifth Circuit Upholds Trump’s No-Bond Detention Policy for Illegal Immigrants

by Rich Mitchell at CDN - In a 10-7 ruling, the full 5th Circuit said three men who entered the U.S. illegally had no constitutional right to bond hearings, a major win for the ad...

5th Circuit: Federal Ban on Interstate Handgun Sales Violates 2A

On Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the federal ban on interstate handgun sales violates the Second Amendment. The post 5th Circuit: Fede...

Fifth Circuit gives Trump 'the most consequential ruling yet' on deportations

Illegal aliens do not have due process rights that entitle them to bond hearings during deportation proceedings, according to a pivotal ruling from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appea...

Fourth Circuit Issues Nonprecedential Disposition in Appeal No. 25-7002

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit filed a nonprecedential opinion in No. 25-7002 on August 31, 2026. Because the disposition is expressly nonprecedential, its practi...

The Fifth Circuit Warned Lawyers to Verify Citations, Then Cited the Wrong Rule Itself

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals begins hearing arguments in Louisiana's lawsuit against the FDA over abortion pill access

MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) -- The State of Louisiana is challenging the Food and Drug Administration's authority to declare mifepristone a drug eligible for telehealth. While abortio...

Second Amendment Roundup: 5th Circuit En Banc to Rehear Felon Gun Ban Cases

Two cases raise Commerce Clause and Second Amendment issues.

Fourth Circuit Issues Nonprecedential Disposition in Appeal No. 25-7002

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit filed a nonprecedential opinion in No. 25-7002 on August 31, 2026. Because the disposition is expressly nonprecedential, its practi...

Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Ban on Interstate Handgun Purchases

The Fifth Circuit ruled that the federal government cannot prohibit lawful Americans from directly purchasing handguns across state lines, holding that the right to keep arms neces...

'Grave Errors': 5th Circ. Boots Judge After AI 'Botch Job'

A Mississippi federal judge's careless use of artificial intelligence tools led to "sloppy edicts" riddled with "falsehoods and fabrications," the Fifth Circuit held in a Thursday...

'Not a National Game of Red Rover': 5th Circuit Hands Trump Major ICE Detention Victory

Fifth Circuit Judges Seem Skeptical of Louisiana’s Challenge to Telehealth Abortion

On Wednesday, Sep. 9, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. FDA, a lawsuit filed by the Louisiana attorney gen...

Fifth Circuit Vacates USF Contribution Factor, Finding FCC Lacked Authority to Create USAC